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 HEARING TESTS
With so much to learn, babies count on hearing to help them discover their new world. In West Virginia, state law requires all children receive a hearing test at birth. Dr. Joe Matusic "That's detecting the one in 600 babies or so that are born with hereditary hearing loss." One test measures the newborns brain responses to get results. Not reacting to sounds made to one side or the other may also be an indication of a hearing problem. Even in the cases where babies do have hearing loss, Dr. Matusic says surprisingly, a deaf baby can still make noise. That could lead parents to believe there isn't a problem.
"But its not until about six or seven months when they stop making noises because they're not hearing anything in response that you begin to get concerned." Dr. Matusic says babies with hearing loss can be fitted with hearing aids or other devices soon after birth. Statistics show about 24-thousand babies are born with permanent hearing loss. |
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