About the Victorian Infant Hearing Screening Program (VIHSP)
The Victorian Infant Hearing Screening Program (VIHSP) screens the hearing of newborn babies while they are still in hospital or at an outpatient appointment in the first weeks of life. The screen is performed by trained hearing screeners using standard technology and is usually carried out at the baby's bedside while they are asleep. VIHSP aims to help find out as early as possible whether a baby has a hearing loss. This means that parents or guardians can get good advice and support right from the beginning, giving babies with a hearing loss the best possible start in life.
The program now operates in 73 hospitals in Victoria - all public maternity services and 16 private maternity services and will achieve statewide coverage in 2011-12. Please follow this link to see a list of participating hospitals.
