Your baby will get ahearing screening testshortly after birth. If your baby doesn't pass, your pediatrician can help you figure out next steps. Regardless of whether your newborn passes the hearing test, it's important to keep track of their hearing milestones so you can bring up any conce...
Byline: By Catherine Vonledebur, HEALTH REPORTERCoventry Evening Telegraph (England)
Newborn screening tests check for rare but serious conditions in babies just after birth. Find out which hearing tests your baby should have.
Get ready for your newborn's hearing screening Your baby'shearing will be testedin the hospital before you go home, but not to worry – your little one will likely pass with no trouble at all. If for some reason your baby doesn't pass, it's important to have their hearing checked out...
Have a hearing test done.As many as 3 out of 1,000 newborns have hearing loss, which can cause delayed speech development. Most states require a hearing screening in the hospital right after birth. Take your baby in for a full hearing exam by the age of 3 months if they don't pass ...
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A hearing test A blood test to help identify rare but sometimes serious conditions babies are sometimes born with (including ones that can be easily treated if they are A screening for jaundice A screening for congenital heart disease (heart disease that a baby is born with) ...
For decades doctors have used a newborn's feces, hair follicles, and finger nail clippings to test for drugs.Those results could take two to three weeks to come back and doctors have found these . First, it increases the mothers risk of: Secondly, expectant addicted mothers risk developing ...
Local media in Alabama are reporting that Brandy Murrah, owner of A&J Lab Collections in Ozark, Alabama, has turned herself in to local police over charges that she falsified paternity tests and drug test screenings in child custody cases. ...
responsible for producing a protein called otoferlin. the tiny hairs of the inner ear need otoferlin to transmit signals to nerves responsible for hearing. the gene deficiency behind auditory neuropathy often goes undetected in newborn screenings, so children with the condition are often not diagnose...