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Will my baby be offered a newborn hearing screen?

All newborn infants born or admitted to any of the following participating hospitals will be offered a screen.

This includes well babies and infants in the neonatal intensive care unit (NICU) or the special care nursery (SCN) at the following hospitals:

Phase 1 hospitals (screening from 2005) 

• The Women's
• Frances Perry House
• Mercy Hospital for Women
• Monash Medical Centre
• Jessie McPherson Private Hospital
• Wodonga Regional Health Service
• Royal Children's Hospital (NICU)

Phase 2 hospitals (screening from Dec 2008/Jan 2009)

• Angliss Health Service
• Box Hill Hospital
• Casey Hospital
• Dandenong Hospital
• Frankston Hospital
• Healesville and District Health Service*
• Rosebud Hospital*
• Sandringham and District Memorial Hospital
• Sunshine Hospital
• The Northern Hospital
• Werribee Mercy Hospital

*Outpatient screening only

To contact any VIHSP service at these hosptials, go to the Contact Us page.

Throughout 2009 and 2010 VIHSP newborn hearing screening will be established in more hospitals across Victoria.