Tag: Newborn

A failed newborn hearing screen. That’s how it all started. When Piper was born, she did not pass her hearing test in the hospital. The nurses and doctors didn’t seem overly concerned. Of course they told us the risk of hearing loss, but said that many times babies have gunk in their ear canals and it can work itself out. We were told to have a follow up hearing test when Piper was about a month old. Other than that question mark, we left the hospital as clueless as the next set of new parents with a healthy baby girl. During the following month, we were worried, but tried to not think the worst. But alas, the next test indicated that her hearing hadn’t improved. Again, we were scheduled for another follow up test…

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