| What are the high risk factors for hearing loss?
What is the impact of delayed diagnosis?
How can you help with early diagnosis?
Have the child fitted with a hearing aid
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Did you know…?
- One in 1000 babies is born deaf.
- One in 50 infants in a neonatal intensive-care unit has a significant hearing loss.
- Deaf infants babble for a few months and then stop.
- Parents usually suspect a hearing loss before the doctor does.
- Even newborns can be tested and fitted with hearing aids.
- Specialized testing, such as the auditory brain stem test, is often used with neonates and can assess hearing in each ear.
- Diagnosis is often delayed by several months and can result in delayed language development.
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