Shanghai Children’s Medical Center Hearing Screening Information for Parents

  1, hearing test in the natural state of sleep and the use of a small amount of sleep medication to assist its advantages and disadvantages (1) hearing test usually takes more than an hour to complete, the baby in the natural state of sleep to keep quiet for an hour (but also under the interference of sound) is very difficult, the baby in the test process consists of a lot of 2-3 minutes test period, as long as a slight movement of the 2-3 minutes period check on If the baby moves 1-2 times every 2-3 minutes, the test will not be completed, and of course we can imagine that without a good state, the test results will naturally be affected, or even not allowed. Then the proportion of completing all the audiological examination at one time is greatly reduced, and may have to come 2 times or even some 3 times or more.  (2) The use of appropriate medication to assist its sleep during the examination (usually chloral hydrate is used) can make the baby in a good state and not move around during the examination. Hearing examinations can be done quickly, accurately and in a time-saving manner, and generally all hearing examinations can be done in 1 visit.  (3) The best solution is a combination of natural sleep (or deprivation of sleep: that is, to make the baby sleep as little as possible before the examination, much less than usual, which means that by the time the examination is done the baby will especially want to sleep) and the use of appropriate sedatives for the best results. This way the baby is not only in a good state, and maintain a long time, especially conducive to the examination, the test results made of course beautiful and accurate.  (4) Try to make an appointment: very often, parents rush to carry their babies to be examined, when the baby is in good spirits, it is difficult to sleep, so they have to use drugs. And individual children just medicine to maintain a good state of time is not long, the examination can not be carried out in the middle. They have to come a second time. If you can follow (3) the best plan, you can solve the problem at once, which is the advantage of making an appointment.  2. The whole examination requires the child to be in a deep sleep state, so parents should do the following: a. Try to let the child sleep as little as possible the night before coming to the hospital, and never let the child sleep on the way to the hospital and 2 hours before arriving at the hospital, and tease him more; b. Before the examination, you need to take the medication (chloral hydrate) to assist him in sleeping. For the sake of medication, do not feed your child within 1 hour before feeding; c. Bring a blanket for your child to sleep.  (1) From Monday to Friday, you can register for the audiology clinic in the outpatient lobby (2) Go to the hearing center on the second floor of the outpatient clinic and wait to be seen. During the consultation, the doctor will take a medical history and do some basic otorhinolaryngological examination, and issue a hearing checklist and medication. After that, parents can go to the lobby on the first floor of the clinic building to pay and pick up the medication.  (3) Then go to the hearing center and give the checklist and medication to the nurse at the door and wait for the medication to be given.  (4) Please change your child’s diaper before the test and make him/her as comfortable as possible.  (5) After the child is asleep, you can inform the nurse to arrange the examination.  (6) Please go to the doctor with the test results for hearing diagnosis. For difficult problems, you can make an appointment with a specialist clinic.  (7) If you cannot complete the examination successfully, you must make another appointment with the hearing center staff for the next examination.