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Language is the foundation for many types of learning.
Language development is impacted if there's any loss in the ability to hear
Even a mild hearing loss can dramatically affect a child's language development
Newborn hearing screening is important because babies learn from what they hear.
If your baby can't hear well
he or she may have problems learning to talk
if a hearing loss is detected early and appropriate early intervention systems
are provided to the child the results of the hearing loss may be minimized
significantly
Hearing screening is easy and painless
It will take only a few minutes and some babies will just sleep through the procedure.
Newborn hearing screening is performed shortly after your baby is born before your baby goes home from the hospital.
To help insure children with a hearing loss are identified as early as possible
it is important to screen them as soon as possible
early identification of hearing loss is key to providing appropriate
intervention services to promote language development we encourage all
parents to have their babies hearing screened before they leave the hospital
birthing center
and to keep the appointment for a follow up screening to share their babies
during development is on track