Newborn Hearing Screening Cannot Be "PROVINCIAl"

When a new life comes, the whole family is immersed in joy and usually does not pay attention to the child's hearing problems. However, it should not be overlooked that there are 23,000 children with hearing disabilities in China each year. Experts pointed out that through routine physical examination or parental observation, children with hearing impairment are mostly discovered after the age of two, often missed the period of rapid development of children's language, delaying the best time for recovery.

Many parents do not pay attention to newborn hearing screening, and often omits this one on their own. As everyone knows, it seems that the seemingly troublesome approach may bring more trouble. Children in the growth and development period, especially in infants and young children, are the key period for learning language. During this period, children with hearing impairment will not only lead to hoarseness, slow speech development, but also children's emotional, psychological and social communication skills. Stunting, causing a heavy burden on families and society.

    All newborn babies should be screened for newborn hearing, and the child will be screened to ensure accuracy. In addition, in order to ensure the smooth progress of screening, parents' assistance and cooperation play an important role before, during, and after hearing screening.

Before screening:

1. Listen carefully to the screening personnel to explain the meaning and methods of hearing screening; carefully read the informed consent form and sign it.

2, the best test results are obtained when the baby is in a natural sleep state. If the baby is irritated and crying will affect the test results, parents should try to feed the baby to sleep before the hearing test.

3, change the baby to a clean diaper, so that it is comfortable and not crying.

4, choose a moderately thick coating for the baby, thin is easy to get cold, too thick will affect the operation.

During screening:

1. Keep quiet and avoid talking; turn off all communication equipment to avoid noise.

2, keep the baby in the correct posture of screening, expose the test ears, avoid covering.

3. When testing, parents can gently press the hand on the baby's shoulder to make it feel safe.

4, after finishing one side of the ear, do not force the baby to avoid awakening, should be gently flipped to the opposite ear with the doctor.

After screening:

1. Listen carefully to the doctor's explanation. If you have not passed the screening, follow the doctor's instructions.

2. High-risk children with hearing loss, receive hearing monitoring every 6 months until 3 years old.

3, through the screening, regular acceptance of child care hearing health care.

4, usually pay attention to prevent noise, drugs and other damage to the baby's hearing.

5, pay attention to observe the baby's hearing and speech development, suspicious developmental delay, timely treatment and exclusion.