What Does The Audiometry Test Report Indicate?

Posted on Tue, 27 Sep 2016

Question: hi,
My baby is now 60 days old. We had conducted audiometry test for my new born at 2 weeks, 4 weeks and now at 59 days. The test was conducted using OAE. All the 3 times the test showed as 'Refer'. Doctor suggested to ABR test since all the 3 times the test failed. As per my observation my baby is responding to sounds. I was wondering should I wait for some more time before doing any further tests as I have read in some internet material suggesting that the hearing might correct itself after 4 or 5 months itself. I am really worried and don't know if it is really a concern. Please guide me on this.

Answered by Dr. Dr. Nagamani N.G (2 hours later)

Brief Answer:
wait for some more time.

Detailed Answer:
If baby is responding for the sounds then don't worry. Wait for few more days. If you feel baby is abnormal then only get a repeated audiometry.

Any query do follow up.
take care.

Above answer was peer-reviewed by : Dr. Nagamani Ng