A number of resources are available to provide parents and guardians with more information about newborn hearing screening and diagnostic tests.

EHDI Program – Parent & Guardian Handouts

• Frequently Asked Questions
• Hearing Screening for Your Baby
• Missed Screen (Your Baby’s Hearing Needs to be Screened)
• Screening Result – Pass
• Screening Result – Refer
• Speech-Language Development and Hearing Milestones Checklist

Health Information

Frequently Asked Questions - MyHealth.Alberta.ca

Visit Newborn Hearing Screening to find out answers to the following questions:

• Why should my baby's hearing be checked (screened)?
• When should I have my baby screened for hearing loss?
• How is hearing screening done?
• Does hearing screening hurt?
• Do I have to have my baby’s hearing screened?
• When will I get the results of the hearing screening?
• What does a pass result mean?
• What does a refer result mean?
• Why don’t some babies pass hearing screening?
• My baby did not pass the hearing screening – what happens next?
• Why is it important to take my baby for a diagnostic ABR?
• What happens at the diagnostic ABR appointment?
• When should my baby have a diagnostic ABR?
• Why can’t a diagnostic ABR be done right after hearing screening?
• What can I do to help prepare my baby for a diagnostic ABR?
• What will happen after the diagnostic ABR?