Hey everyone, so one of cousins is having a baby soon and I've stumbled on this website through an ad while browsing the web, I guess I got targeted for searching about baby products to gift my cousin, and I'm wondering if you guys perform hearing screening with your newborn in case your child has hearing problems?
I read that early detection (touchwood) is the best bet to fix the hearing problem as it will affect the baby's learning while growing up.

Any comment from experienced parents would be great.

After birth then only check for directional response.

Ya, the private hospital my wife gave birth the doc did hearing test

I see I see, is this a very normal checkup for newborn these days?

If govt hospital (including FPP patients), after giving birth, they will give you an appointment date to go for hearing test. According to the instruction list given to us, it has to be done before baby is one month old. Apparently the earlier the detection of any issue with baby's hearing, the better chance of intervention.

I see, so it's better to give birth at gov hospital it seems.

Maybe ppl who follow up at KKIA during pregnancy can get this screening too?
Check with your local KKIA.

I don't think it will be exp to do at private hospital. It's just a tool to put on baby's temple, then a computer screen to show pass or not. No medication except gel and 5 minutes done.

Don't skip this. My cousin, his parents didn't know he's deaf until he's already a few years old.

This post has been edited by lowlowc: Mar 26 2019, 12:59 PM

Ooo I see, thanks for the insight

Hearing sense is the earliest fully developed for a baby. So new born should be able to respond to hearing 1st than seeing.

Today I learned.