Hearing testing for all new babies
Source: Tasmania. Minister for Health and Human Services. Media Release
"Free hearing screening will be available for all newborn babies in Tasmania by the end of June, Health and Human Services Minister Lara Giddings has announced. Ms Giddings said the program to test the hearing of all new babies and pick up abnormalities early had commenced at the Royal Hobart Hospital this week - the penultimate stage of the Statewide rollout of universal screening. The final step will be the implementation of screening at Calvary and the Hobart Private hospitals over the coming months,” Ms Giddings said. By the end of this financial year there will be universal coverage for all new babies born in the State."