Understanding the necessity and implementation standards of newborn hearing screening ensures the healthy growth of newborns.

Neonatal hearing screening is an objective, rapid, and non-invasive examination conducted through auditory emissions, automatic auditory brainstem response, and acoustic impedance, etc., in the natural sleep or quiet state of newborns after birth.

A hearing screening is a program used to detect hearing impairments in newborns, typically conducted between 72 hours and 42 days after birth.

Statistics show that the pass rate of newborn hearing screening is positively correlated with age. The pass rates of the initial screenings at different time points were 58.5%, 80.0%, 95.5%, 65.0%, 86.7%, and 92.3%, respectively. The pass rates after re-screening at 42 days reached 97.8% and 94.02%. Parents should not worry excessively.

What should parents be aware of during newborn hearing screening to ensure accurate results?

The child has been scratching their ears for no apparent reason lately. What should be done if a 3-year-old fails the hearing screening?

What should be done if a baby’s brainstem evoked potential report shows mild abnormalities in both ears?

How to handle a newborn failing the hearing screening and possible reasons.

If a newborn’s hearing screening fails, parents should follow the doctor’s guidance for re-screening and subsequent treatment, understand the possible causes and coping measures.

If a newborn’s hearing screening fails in one ear, parents may worry about it affecting the child’s hearing.