Two-stage newborn hearing screening for infants admitted to the well-baby nursery (neonatal level 1 care)

* Screening test for stage 2 is either by OAE or automated auditory brainstem response.
¶ Audiologic assessment for hearing loss is based on a diagnostic auditory brainstem response and is performed by an audiologist skilled in assessing infants and young children. The preferred timing for evaluation is prior to discharge from the birth hospitalization. However if this is not possible, evaluation should be done as soon as possible and no later than 3 months of age.