Ears and Hearing, PA

Babies learn from the time they are born. One of the ways they learn is from hearing. Listening in the first months of life is important as it prepares the baby for learning how to use sound and ultimately prepares them to learn how to speak. The American Academy of Pediatrics (AAP) recommends that all babies receive Newborn Hearing Screening before they go home from the hospital. Although most babies can hear normally, 1 to 3 of every 1,000 babies are born with some degree of hearing loss. Without newborn hearing screening, it is difficult to detect hearing loss in the first months and years of a babys life. About half of the children with hearing loss have no risk factors for it. Ears & Hearing, PA has been providing newborn hearing screenings for 15 plus years. Newborn Hearing Screening can detect possible hearing loss in the first days of a babys life. If a possible hearing loss is found, further tests will be done to confirm the results. The two types of Screenings we...