http://www.childrenshospital.org/az/Site992/mainpageS992P0.html
This website is about the hearing loss in babies. It does not have an emphasis on premature babies but it gives the statistics on hearing loss in babies born full term so I thought it was important for a comparison basis. It talks about how screening is important from the hospital in which the baby is born is essential. Without the screening, it says that caregivers might not notice the baby has a hearing problem until later on in life and that can cause a delay in speech and language.
I thought the information was very useful for obtaining information concerning hearing loss in premature babies. I like how it does not talk about hearing loss as a negative. It only talks about the solutions and gives off a positive vibe at the end of the article. I did not disagree with any of the statements because it listed the National Institutes of Health and The American Academy of Pediatrics so I know the sources are reliable. I would not change anything about the article. A link is even given to another website so it might be better to have the pertinent information from them included on their website but it does not have to be.
http://familydoctor.org/online/famdocen/home/children/parents/infants/283.html
This website is about caring for your premature baby. It does have an emphasis on premature babies but it talks about the different things that could affect a premature baby including hearing loss and damage. I do not like this website because the amount of information concerning hearing is very little. I do like the statements on how to recognize if your baby may have a hearing problem mainly because I did not fins this on any other website. I would change the amount of information contained on the website because the more information you have, the better equipped you will be the identify a problem and get it solved.
http://www.babyhearing.org/
This website is from a hospital and is about follow up hearing testing. It was a link from another website but it does not have information specific to hearing loss in premature babies but it does reassure caregivers that even though a baby is premature, it does not have to have hearing loss. I do not like this website because it does not have a healthy amount of information but it does have one or two useful points. Again, I would change the amount of content because it is not enough to get the most information.
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