Parents of all babies born at Cork University Maternity Hospital, Kerry General Hospital, St. Luke’s General Hospital Carlow/Kilkenny, South Tipperary General Hospital, Waterford Regional Hospital and Wexford General Hospital are offered a hearing screen for their baby. One to two babies in every 1,000 born in Ireland are born with a hearing loss in one or both ears. Most babies born with a hearing loss are born into families with no history of hearing loss so it is important to screen all babies as early as possible. The hearing screen will usually be carried out while the baby is settled or sleeping at the mother's bedside. Any baby who does not have a clear response from the screen will be seen for a full audiological (hearing) assessment at our Audiology Clinics (hearing clinics).

	Parent Information - Information for parents and guardians on why your baby is screened
	Leaflets and Booklets - Information to help parents understand the Newborn Hearing Screening Programme
	Leabhráin agus Bileoga - Tá eolas foilsithe ag anClár Scagthástála Éisteachta Nua-Naíonna FSS chun cabhrú le tuismitheoirí an clár seo a thuiscint.
	Information in other languages - Arabic, Chinese-Simplified, Chinese-Traditional, French, Polish, Portuguese, Russian, Romanian and Spanish

Contact your screening service:

• Newborn Hearing Screening, St. Luke’s General Hospital Carlow/Kilkenny, Freshford Road, Kilkenny. Tel: (056) 771 2599
• Newborn Hearing Screening, South Tipperary General Hospital, Western Rd., Clonmel, Co. Tipperary. Tel: (052) 612 7752
• Newborn Hearing Screening, Waterford Regional Hospital, Dunmore Rd., Waterford. Tel: (051) 842 546
• Newborn Hearing Screening, Wexford General Hospital, Newtown Rd., Wexford. Tel: (053) 915 3378
• Audiology Clinic (Hearing Clinic), for above hospitals is based at Waterford Regional Hospital, Dunmore Rd., Waterford. Tel: (051) 842 428
• Newborn Hearing Screening, Cork University Maternity Hospital, Wilton, Cork, Tel: (021) 4545001
• Newborn Hearing Screening, Kerry General Hospital, Rathass, Tralee, Co. Kerry, Tel: (066) 7102677
• Audiology Clinic (Hearing Clinic), for Cork and Kerry hospitals is based at Cork University Hospital, Wilton Road, Cork, Tel: (021) 4927422