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The Newborn Hearing Screening Program
(NHS)
Who is "at risk"
for hearing loss?
In 2000, the Joint Committee on Infant
Hearing (U.S.) revised their position statement on NHS,
which we use as our provincial guidelines. These factors
include the following:
• family history of permanent childhood sensorineural
hearing loss
• In utero infections- syphilis, toxoplasmosis,
rubella, cytomegalovirus, herpes
• Craniofacial abnormalities, including those
with morphological abnormalities of the pinna and the ear
canal
• Stigmata or other findings associated with
a syndrome known to include a sensorineural and/or a conductive
hearing loss
• An illness or condition requiring admission
of 48 hours or greater to a neonatal intensive care unit
– NICU
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