What is Unilateral Hearing Loss?
A factsheet for parents whose children have been diagnosed with unilateral hearing loss. This factsheet is only available as a download.
Universal Newborn Hearing Screening Resources
What is Mild Hearing Loss?
A factsheet for parents whose children have been diagnosed with mild hearing loss. This factsheet is only available as a download.
Newborn Hearing Screening Results
This pamphlet explains that a baby has passed its newborn hearing screening, including a checklist for parents to keep monitoring their baby's hearing.
This resource is also available in Māori, Sāmoan, Tongan, Chinese Simplified, Chinese Traditional, Hindi and Korean
Referral to an Audiologist
This pamphlet explains why further hearing screening tests may be required; the procedures used, including a description of the auditory brainstem response (ABR) test; and what help is available if hearing loss is detected.
This resources is also available in Māori, Sāmoan, Tongan, Chinese Simplified, Chinese Traditional, Hindi and Korean
Repeat Newborn Hearing Screening
Information for hearing technicians to give to parents and caregivers, when screening carried out as part of the Universal Newborn Hearing Screening and Early Intervention Programme indicates the need for a further hearing screening test.
PDF's of this resource are available to download in Māori, Sāmoan, Tongan, Chinese Simplified, Chinese Traditional, Hindi and Korean
Please note that the translated versions of this resource are not available from HealthEd.
Your Baby's Hearing Screening
This pamphlet explains the benefits of newborn hearing screening and the procedure used.
This resource is also available in Māori, Sāmoan, Tongan, Chinese Simplified, Chinese Traditional, Hindi and Korean
Frequently asked questions that families might ask of newborn hearing screeners
July, 2015
PDF version of the Frequently asked questions that families might ask of newborn hearing screeners.
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Risk factors for hearing loss requiring surveillance form
Babies with one or more of the following risk factors require hearing surveillance as part of the UNHSEIP. This form is to be completed by medical, nursing or midwifery staff to enable newborn hearing screeners to make audiology referrals. This form is only available as a download.