Children are tested before leaving the hospital. The child is tested again when they are 3 months old. Children are tested with 2 different method tests, otoacoustic emissions (OAE), and auditory brain stem response (ABR).
It is important to get a child screened for hearing loss, during early years. The earilier the diagnose the more the child will be exposed to language development. Through birth to age 3 children were using critical thinking skills to learn and develop language.
Research suggests that children with hearing loss who gets help early develop better language. Early detection allows for families and doctors to work together to make decisions about the development of the child.
Below I have provided a link that answers many frequently asked questions
http://www.nidcd.nih.gov/health/hearing/pages/screened.aspx
I did not realize that babies were tested so often for hearing. I find it interesting that children receive all of this testing yet some people deafness is still missed. I know that sometimes sudden hearing loss occurs, but I wonder what that comes from?
ReplyDeleteHearing loss can be a result of various things. I recently heard someone say that their mother has measles when she was pregnant and it resulted in the child being deaf. Thats a great question Ashley. That makes me curious.
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