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newborn hearing screening

This guide aims to explain all about the hearing tests we do to help us find out how well your baby is hearing.

The PHA has developed three leaflets to explain the stages of the Newborn Hearing Screening Programme in Northern Ireland.

This flowchart for healthcare professionals shows the protocol for discharging a well baby from the Newborn Hearing Screening Programme in Northern Ireland.

This flowchart for healthcare professionals shows the protocol for discharging babies in neonatal or special care baby units from the Newborn Hearing Screening Programme in Northern Ireland. There is also a flowchart for well babies.

Newborn screening

Newborn screening in Northern Ireland

During the first few weeks after your baby is born, they will be offered a blood spot screening test and hearing screening test. These tests form the Northern Ireland newborn screening programmes.