Diagnosis

- Early screening can be done to look for hearing loss

- After screening, there are many programs to help the children with care for hearing loss

- Most common hearing test for infants: Diagnostic Auditory Brainstem Response Test

- The Diagnostic Auditory Brainstem Response Test is when doctors test for the softest sounds that a child's ears can hear. A computer looks at the changes in brain wave patterns according to each sound. The child has to be asleep for this test and it is completely harmless to the baby.