Childhood Hearing Center
If your Ìð¹ÏÊÓƵ has hearing loss, we understand the strain that hearing loss can put on both you and your Ìð¹ÏÊÓƵ.
Our goal is to be a resource for families wanting to know more about their Ìð¹ÏÊÓƵ’s condition and provide the best—and most current—treatment.
We have evaluated over 700 Ìð¹ÏÊÓƵren for hearing loss. To diagnose and treat hearing loss in Ìð¹ÏÊÓƵren, we perform early CMV screenings followed by genetic or imaging screenings based on your Ìð¹ÏÊÓƵ’s symptoms. This approach has been supported by a recent international consensus group of pediatric hearing loss specialists.
Get Your Baby Tested For Hearing Loss
If you’re worried your baby may have hearing loss, or if your baby has been recently diagnosed with hearing loss, we recommend diagnostic hearing testing and treatment based on guidelines from the Joint Committee of Infant Hearing.
If you’re worried your baby may have hearing loss, getting early treatment for your baby will help improve her speech and language development when she’s older.
1-3-6 Milestones for Hearing Loss
To make sure your baby gets the treatment she needs, we recommend the 1-3-6 milestones:
- All babies should get a hearing screening that uses a physiologic measure by the time they’re 1 month old.
- If your baby doesn’t pass her first hearing screening, and if she also doesn’t pass her second hearing screening after that, then you should take your baby to an audiologist when your baby is 3 months old. Doctors can give your baby audiological (hearing) and medical evaluations to see if she has hearing loss.
- If a doctor tells you that your baby has permanent hearing loss, get early treatment as soon as possible after your baby is diagnosed. But be sure to get treatment for your baby at no later than 6 months old.
Unfortunately, many parents don’t discover their Ìð¹ÏÊÓƵ has hearing loss until they’re older. Your Ìð¹ÏÊÓƵ may not get diagnosed until:
- she has a hearing test at school,
- she has delayed speech, or
- if she becomes less responsive to sounds or language.
It’s very important that you get early detection and treatment during this critical period of your Ìð¹ÏÊÓƵ’s development.
Make an Appointment
To make an appointment with our clinic, please call:
- 801-662-1705
Genetic Counseling For Hearing Loss
We also provide genetic counseling about hearing loss. If you’re pregnant, we can provide information about the chances (risks) your future Ìð¹ÏÊÓƵ has of having hearing loss.
Find a Pediatric Hearing Loss Doctor
A Relationship Created for the Best Pediatric Care
For pediatric specialty care, Intermountain Children's Ìð¹ÏÊÓƵ is affiliated with Ìð¹ÏÊÓƵ of Utah Ìð¹ÏÊÓƵ. U of U Ìð¹ÏÊÓƵ physicians see patients at , , and other locations throughout the Salt Lake City valley.
It's a shared mission of providing health care, education, and research. It comes to life through collaboration on clinical care, research, and educational programs.
Primary Children's Hospital operates as the main pediatric facility for the U of U Ìð¹ÏÊÓƵ system, providing care in more than 60 medical and surgical specialties such as surgery, oncology, cardiology, orthopedics, and others. Most of the providers at Primary Children's Hospital are faculty members at U of U Ìð¹ÏÊÓƵ.
This partnership delivers care to advance pediatric medicine while educating future generations of health care professionals.
About the Hearing Center
Pediatric otolaryngologists at Ìð¹ÏÊÓƵ of Utah Ìð¹ÏÊÓƵ established a multidisciplinary hearing assessment clinic in 2006 to help families whose Ìð¹ÏÊÓƵ has been diagnosed with hearing loss. Our clinic is the only multidisciplinary clinic of its kind in the Mountain West.
Our core team includes:
- pediatric genetics,
- audiology, and
- (ENT) otolaryngology.
We have been fortunate to work with an outstanding team of specialists ranging from neurology, ophthalmology, infectious disease, and Ìð¹ÏÊÓƵ development.
