https://boards.hellobee.com/ Pregnancy, Baby and Parenting blog, by Hellobee en Thu, 30 Apr 2026 04:00:21 +0000 https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/referring-on-hearing-test#post-740040 Wed, 24 Apr 2013 14:00:38 +0000 Cherrybee 740040@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@septemberlove: This is really great to hear. Big, big, big hugs for you - I can only begin to imagine how hard this time has been for you but you are clearly doing such a great job and your little boy is going to be just fine. Give him a snuggle from me, from the other side of the world! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/referring-on-hearing-test#post-738686 Wed, 24 Apr 2013 06:56:47 +0000 lomom 738686@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@Cherrybee: thanks :) he's doing really well. Eats like champ, has had way more than the minimum wet diapers, and sleeps very well too. The NICU had him on a schedule, which we've maintained and he has just been an absolute dream baby. </p> <p>@T.H.O.U.: Thanks :) </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/referring-on-hearing-test#post-738678 Wed, 24 Apr 2013 06:48:33 +0000 T.H.O.U. 738678@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@septemberlove: Thinking of you, like others have said, hopefully its something that he passes later on. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/referring-on-hearing-test#post-738614 Wed, 24 Apr 2013 03:46:13 +0000 Cherrybee 738614@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@septemberlove: I don't know anything about hearing tests for babies but I wanted to drop in and say I'm thinking of you. I'm sure it will all be fine. Apart from that, how's he doing? And how are you? ((hugs)) </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/referring-on-hearing-test#post-738572 Wed, 24 Apr 2013 02:02:10 +0000 lomom 738572@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>He referred a second time and the hospital's next step is an audiologist. We have an appt in a month. </p> <p>LO started to respond to the test then stopped. I hope it's just fluid, or maybe related to him being a preemie. He got up to 77% in one ear before he just stopped responding. The other attempt he'd had about 55% response to the machine for each ear. </p> <p>I've watched to see how he does with noises and if it's a sudden noise, he startles. If he's pretty zonked out, it doesn't startle him. But when he's awake, if the dog barks, he jumps. </p> <p>I hope everything turns out okay. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/referring-on-hearing-test#post-733335 Mon, 22 Apr 2013 00:54:15 +0000 googly-eyes 733335@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>If he's responding to sounds that sounds like a great sign! In the newborn days my mom gave me a great piece of advice to help me hang in there when it's still day by day- "it's not a problem until it's a problem." As in, don't stress about things that MIGHT happen because lots could go wrong.</p> <p>I've been in the newborn special care nursery quite a few times and it's pretty loud in there compared to the absolutely silent room they conduct the other newborns' tests in, so I wouldn't worry too much about it! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/referring-on-hearing-test#post-733314 Sun, 21 Apr 2013 23:48:28 +0000 lomom 733314@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Thank you for the reassurance :) I'm very hopeful he'll pass but regardless, I'll still be by his side and we'll figure it out together. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/referring-on-hearing-test#post-733307 Sun, 21 Apr 2013 23:30:08 +0000 runsyellowlites 733307@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>P had to have a hearing test down that the ENT when she was a couple/few weeks old. Even there it took a couple times, but that was a positioning issues with her teeny tiny ear canals. Once the lady got them positioned right she passed just fine. We were supposed to have a follow up at 8 months but didn't really feel the need as she seems to hear just fine. =)</p> <p>Also, my older one had to have his redone as well which they figured was from him having been born via cesarean &amp; not getting all that fluid pushed out! His second time was great! =) </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/referring-on-hearing-test#post-733303 Sun, 21 Apr 2013 23:23:36 +0000 skibobrown 733303@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I wouldn't worry. As others have said, this is very common. My daughter was full-term, never needed a NICU stay, and she still failed her hearing test twice in the hospital. She passed on her third try a couple of weeks later as an outpatient. I was pretty sure she could hear b/c she was definitely responding to the machine... just not enough to get a full pass. DH and I also reminded ourselves that even if DD was hard of hearing, that was something we could handle and certainly not the worst news one could get about their baby's health. Good luck, and I'm sure your baby will pass too! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/referring-on-hearing-test#post-733299 Sun, 21 Apr 2013 23:10:27 +0000 VanillaBean 733299@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@Septemberlove- my son was tested in the newborn nursery and did not passed the test the first time. Two weeks later, I took him back to get his hearing check again and he passed (it took a while as the screening lady said that my son's waves were quite busy so she had to try a few times but did not give up on him). My son is now 3 months and is cooing up a storm. :) </p> <p>I hope all goes well for your lo tomorrow and if it doesn't, wait for the final outcome. I know it is hard but it sounds like you have been very positive through your lo's stay in the NICU so far, keep it up. :) My son was also in the NICU, too! I know how hard it is not to be able to hold your lo and have your lo home with you. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/referring-on-hearing-test#post-733238 Sun, 21 Apr 2013 21:13:57 +0000 pui 733238@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>No advice, just sending you my positive thoughts. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/referring-on-hearing-test#post-733230 Sun, 21 Apr 2013 21:02:53 +0000 SproutBee 733230@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Hi there. I'm a pediatrician. Even full-term infants get a "refer" all the time in the newborn nursery - the vast, vast majority of them will pass on repeat testing in a couple of weeks. Even if your little one doesn't pass tomorrow, I wouldn't freak out. Most of the hospitals around me will try 3 times in the hospital, then refer to try again as an outpatient. I frequently get patients that needed that extra attempt outside the hospital setting, a couple weeks after discharge, to pass. It's really common... </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/referring-on-hearing-test#post-733206 Sun, 21 Apr 2013 20:32:36 +0000 lomom 733206@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Did your LO refer? What was the outcome?</p> <p>LO is in the NICU right now and the lady who conducts the screening tests said the NICU machines can interfere with the hearing test machine and that a lot of NICU LOs refer. They're going to repeat the test tomorrow. </p> <p>LO reacts to sounds, though not everything. I think he's used to the monitors beeping at this point, but if something drops and makes a sudden noise, he jumps. He also follows my husband's voice pretty well. When he's upset and I talk to him, it seems to calm him. I'm really hoping he passes tomorrow. </p>