• Babies can be tested soon after birth, while they are sleeping or feeding.
• Results are available immediately and testing is quick and painless.
• The AABR test evaluates how well sound travels along the hearing nerve to the brainstem. Results are NOT dependent on your baby’s response.
• Paediatricians recommend that ALL babies are tested within the first 6 weeks of life, preferably before being discharged from the hospital.
• Hearing loss is invisible. Late identification of hearing loss causes delays in speech, language and cognitive development.

Newborn Hearing Screening is done on a weekly basis at
Life Eugene Marais Hospital in Pretoria.

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