A Parent's Guide to Hearing Loss

Produced by U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Early Hearing Detection and Intervention Program

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Understanding Hearing

Have you just learned that your baby has a hearing loss? Do you have many questions? This section will give you information to help you better understand your baby's hearing loss. It will also help you learn about how doctors and audiologists find out a baby has a hearing loss. This section has four parts:

• Parts of the ear
• Understanding hearing loss
• Newborn hearing screening
• Testing a baby for hearing loss

For more information or to order additional copies of "A Parent's Guide to Hearing Loss" visit CDC's website at www.cdc.gov/ncbddd/ehdi.