Baby failed hearing test at a day old.

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Hi everyone, so I'm a very anxious person in general to start with. I gave birth to a beautiful baby girl yesterday at 10.09am she is the precious and I really adore her however i am extremely anxious. So to start with she has been puking up mucus which midwifes tell me is normal and just has collected from birth but i'm terrified of her choking in her sleep so I haven't slept since she was born. Anyways onto my main point, today her hearing was tested and she failed both tests. The lady who done it did tell me she could fail due to vernix or mucus in the ear but passage which is very very common as she was only born yesterday but still disheartening to hear,she came back to do the second test 3 hours after the first test had been done which made no sense at all..why would the mucus have cleared up in 3 hours? Surely a week or more. What scares me even more is there was a very loud noise yesterday which didn't seem to startle her but i have been watching her quite closely as i'm worried and but she has been reacting to sound all day so I'm just a bit scared. When I dropped my phone on the floor last night by accident she jumped I honestly feel so selfish for feeling this way as she was born perfect and a lot of other people have it a lot worse than i do. Anyone been through the same. Just need a hand hold i guess. Sorry didn't know where to post this

About the hearing test... I am sure she will pass in other ear soon. (My son also failed one ear at first.) But I tried to look on bright side: there is a massive difference between having no hearing and having hearing in one ear. I know several people who only have hearing in one ear and knew them for years before I found out -- is only a problem in very specific settings like crowded restaurants with someone seated on wrong side.

hopsalong i did try to look on the bright side and once the test was done i was happy to know she atleast had hearing in one ear for certain. But my anxiety has just eaten me up and now I'm thinking what if the test was wrong and she is completely deaf. Thinking back she did have a huge amount of wax in her ear when the test was done and the lady had to change the lil ear buds a few times,plus the mucus she was puking up but she doesn't really react to loud noises, only sometimes like today my brother dropped a glass and she didn't flinch at all but yesterday when i was cleaning i dropped the mop and she stirred so i just don't know..its only really been like this since i've been home,at the hospital she was reacting to noise. I was able to soothe her by singing when she was crying yesterday also but i just don't know. I have a therapist i talk to my anxiety about but it doesn't help, don't get me wrong I don't think my anxiety affects my daily life completely because i can definitely do other things and i do enjoy and love my baby but its always that thought on my mind when i wake up or go to sleep which brings me to tears.

My son failed too. He ended up seeing a audiologist. He passed there and they did a check to see if it's congestion and it was. Very rare for a full loss of hearing. It's mostly due to birth fluid being stuck in the ear. This is called congestion

Princessdelrey i feel better about this today as when i dropped my phone (accidentally) on the floor she flinched so I'm sure she can hear but it's just about how much she can hear.

It'd be almost impossible to get a false +ve.
The first, in-ear test measures the noise the hair-cells in the cochlear make when stimulated with noise.

The other type of test measures the electrical activity from the cochlea to the brain.

I'm more worried about you tbh.
I really think you should do as PP have suggested and speak to your health visitor or GP about your anxiety. It's spoiling what should be the happiest time of your life, albeit the most exhausting. :)

Just to update i had an appointment with an audiologist yesterday and unfortunately my daughter does have a mild hearing loss, the Dr explained to me some people have this & they don't know they do so i shouldn't lose sleep over it. I am glad I finally know now and I don't feel anxious about it anymore, i am just happy this has been diagnosed early so in the future she will have all the help she needs. (If she needs any)

One of my closest friends is completely deaf in one ear. It hasn't stopped him doing a single thing. He's VERY successful, high earner, married, children & it hasn't hindered him at all. I don't think his parents ever made it an issue or saw it as a disability. Good luck. It may grow to be nothing when she's older. X

Hi OP, just to say my son is in much the same position as your dc, but his hearing loss is total in his right ear. He's had lots of tests to find out why, basically the answer has turned out to be just because! He's a very happy, healthy four year old, who has developed fine, you would honestly never know he has a problem. The audiology team have been great, he's been monitored through nursery and they will liaise with the school to ensure he's always sat in the right place to maximise his abilities. Please don't be scared, your dc will be your perfect little bundle!

Secondly, please do speak to your midwife/hv about your anxiety. It is very overwhelming having your first baby, you're full of hormones and constantly second guessing yourself, thoughts and worries that you can't control. It's common, really common, especially with the pressures mums are put under these days to know everything automatically when there is just information flying at you all the time. I'm a bit at your hv telling you about increased risk of sids when you're not actually sleeping on the sofa with your dc on you.