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Newborn Hearing Screening

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We see you. You just had your sweet little babe in the comfort of your own home and now you just want to soak up that sweet blissful birth bubble. No extra appointments. No extra outings. And definitely no hospital visits!

Welcome to Audio

Schedule your in-home newborn hearing screen in a few simple steps:

1. Pick a day where you are already planning on snuggling up and staying in with your sweet newborn. 
We’ll let you know the night before your appointment our estimated arrival time.
 
2. Fill out intake and authorization forms.
We promise this will only take a few minutes.
 
3. Pay. 
We accept most major credit/debit card vendors
 
4. We come to you! 
 

About

Hey, I’m Jessica! 
 
A home birth (and truck birth!) mama with a passion for language and communication!
As an Occupational Therapist and mama of 3 littles, I created Audio for me and for YOU! Shortly after the beautiful home birth of my third baby I begged my midwife to find a newborn hearing screen that wasn’t the hospital, and sadly there wasn’t any other option! 
 
My midwife came to my home, my pediatrician came to my home, why can’t the screener come here? I am deep in my newborn birth bubble and the last place I want to go is to the hospital! 
 

Why get a Newborn Hearing Screening?

Communication begins at birth! From cooing or even simply responding to your voice, just as they did in utero, your baby is learning how to speak to you even without words. 
1 in 500 babies in the US are born deaf or hard of hearing.  A newborn hearing screen is a fast and painless way to minimize the effects of hearing loss and provide early intervention to those that need it.The earlier a baby receives intervention, the more likely he or she is to go on to communicate normally! 
 

What exactly can I expect?

The test itself only takes a few seconds per ear, but baby and mama comfort is our priority so you will not feel rushed or stressed while we are in your home. Our goal is to provide you with a simple and calm service so that you can move forward with knowledge of your baby’s hearing status. Whether this is needing to follow up with an audiologist or not, you will receive instant results allowing you time to seek early intervention if necessary. 
 

What is this test?

The newborn hearing screen is performed with either Otoacoustic Emissions Testing (OAE) or Auditory Brainstem Response (ABR) with a small device right in the comfort of your home. Most individuals just need an OAE, which is done by placing a small probe and creating sound and measuring for the sound response. The sound evokes a response from hair cells in the inner ear and the slight sound that the hairs make is a response via vibration that is measured. The device reports an immediate PASS or FAIL response. 

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Frequently Asked Questions

I used to think this, honestly! But the decibels of normal conversations are about 45 decibels and that of a clap is about 130 decibels. Even most individuals who are hard of hearing can hear a clap, but not the softer and more specific sounds of casual conversation.

1 in 500 babies in the US are born deaf or hard of hearing. The earlier hearing loss is identified the higher chance of language and communication developing normal with early intervention.

Absolutely not, newborn hearing screening involves only a small probe to sit in the ear for a few seconds or an electrode to be placed on head to measure brain response to sound.

We provide in home newborn hearing screening for home birth or birthing center mamas with babies under 1 month old.

We do not have a physical location, we come to YOU all over the Tampa Bay area. Including Saint Petersburg, Clearwater, Safety Harbor, Tampa, Riverview, Wesley Chapel and more. Out of the area? Email us and we can do our best to get you seen!

We do not accept insurance, we are a private pay one time cost and service.

Ideally you would wait a few days after birth that way there is less vernix in the ear to avoid an unneccesary fail due to debris in the ear. But prior to 1 month of age to ensure early identification if baby does in fact have hearing loss.

We are able to perform either Otoacoustic Emissions Testing or Auditory Brainstem Response (ABR) with a small device right in the comfort of your home.

OAE is testing done by placing a small probe and creating sound and measuring for the sound response. The sound evokes a response from hair cells in the inner ear and the slight sound that the hairs make is a response via vibration that is measured.

ABR is testing of the infant’s brain response to sound via electrodes placed on the head.