Article topics: Hearing loss Distraction testing Language development
Rosemary Dillingham and Jean Smallwood discuss the value of health visitor distraction tests to detect hearing abnormalities in young babies.
Rosemary Dillingham SRN, Dip HV, Dip in Aromatherapy (IIHHTT) Member of the ICHT. Jean Smallwood SRN, CMB Part 1, HV Cert are both Audiometric Health Visitors, Worcestershire Community NHS Trust.
Article accepted for publication August 1999.
