BESIDES HEARING LOSS, IS THERE ANY OTHER REASONS WHY ALL INFANTS NEED TO UNDERGO 2ND HEARING SCREENING???UNHS

Please parents don't worries  too much if your child had failed the first hearing screening. It does not mean that your child has hearing loss. It might be due to the other factors need to be considered. 

There are the reason why the babies had failed the first screening:

a) Too much background noise during the hearing screening test was carried out.
b) Presence of vernix caseosa in your child's ear canal. Click here for more details.
c) Too much movement from the infant.
e) Presence of fluid in your child's the middle ear.
f) Your baby is crying during the screening test.

credit to Indian J Dermatol. 2008; 53(2): 54–60 about vernix infomation.