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Page 1: YOUR BABY NEEDS ANOTHER HEARING SCREENING · 2015-11-30 · bring your baby back. If your baby needs more testing, get it done as soon as possible. Yes, some babies hear well enough

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ing sc

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Page 2: YOUR BABY NEEDS ANOTHER HEARING SCREENING · 2015-11-30 · bring your baby back. If your baby needs more testing, get it done as soon as possible. Yes, some babies hear well enough

Can

a ne

wbor

n bab

y pas

s the

he

aring

scre

ening

and s

till

have

he

aring

loss

?

Why

does

my b

aby n

eed a

noth

er

hear

ing sc

reen

ing?

Som

e ba

bies

may

nee

d an

othe

r he

arin

g sc

reen

ing

beca

use:

Fl

uid

in th

e ea

r

N

oise

in th

e te

stin

g ro

om

Ba

by w

as m

ovin

g du

ring

the

test

Ba

by h

as a

hea

ring

loss

M

ost b

abies

who

need

anot

her h

earin

g sc

reen

ing ha

ve no

rmal

hear

ing.

Som

e will

have

hear

ing lo

ss.

Why

is it

impo

rtant

to ha

ve an

othe

r he

aring

scre

ening

as so

on as

po

ssibl

e?

Wha

t will

happ

en du

ring m

y visi

t?

Find

ing he

aring

loss

earl

y can

mak

e a b

ig d

iffe

renc

e in

your

baby

’s life

.

A

trai

ned

prof

essio

nal w

ill s

cree

n yo

ur

baby

and

tell

you

the

resu

lts o

r te

ll yo

u if

mor

e te

sts

are

need

ed.

T

he s

cree

ning

is s

afe

and

pain

less

. A

few

bab

ies

will

nee

d a

mor

e co

mpl

ete

set

of h

earin

g te

sts,

so y

ou m

ay b

e as

ked

to

brin

g yo

ur b

aby

back

. If

you

r ba

by n

eeds

mor

e te

stin

g, g

et it

do

ne a

s so

on a

s po

ssib

le.

Yes,

som

e ba

bies

hea

r w

ell e

noug

h to

pas

s th

e fir

st s

cree

ning

, but

lose

thei

r he

arin

g la

ter

beca

use

of:

So

me

illne

sses

So

me

med

icin

es

So

me

inju

ries

A

fam

ily h

istor

y of

hea

ring

loss

W

atch

for

sig

ns o

f he

arin

g lo

ss a

s yo

ur

baby

gro

ws.

U

se th

e lis

t on

the

back

cov

er a

s a

guid

e.

If

you

hav

e qu

estio

ns a

bout

you

r ba

by’s

hear

ing,

talk

to y

our

baby

’s he

alth

pr

ofes

siona

l.

S

cree

ning

is th

e on

ly w

ay to

kno

w if

a b

aby

has

a he

arin

g lo

ss.

T

he e

arlie

r a

hear

ing

loss

is f

ound

, the

be

tter

it is

for

your

bab

y.

H

earin

g is

impo

rtan

t for

talk

ing

and

lear

ning

. If

you

r ba

by h

as a

hea

ring

loss

, hel

p is

avai

labl

e. Y

ou a

re n

ot a

lone

.


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