What we do
The Victorian Infant Hearing Screening Program (VIHSP) screens the hearing of newborn babies in their first weeks of life. Early detection and intervention improve outcomes for babies with hearing loss.
Parents/guardians of babies, identified as requiring audiology, are fully supported through the process of diagnosis and intervention by VIHSP Early Support Services.
The audio test screening:
- Is performed by trained hearing screeners
- Uses standard technology (Automated Auditory Brainstem Response)
- Is usually completed at the mother's bedside while the baby is asleep (in hospital) or at an outpatient appointment
- VIHSP provide a hearing screening service to all babies born or admitted to Leongatha Hospital
We have an in-patient and out-patient service that operates weekly on Thursday. This is a free service.
Routinely we visit families on the ward on Thursday. If we miss seeing families, VIHSP contacts the families and invites them to the Thursday out-patient hearing screening clinic held in Consulting Room 81.