Actually, I don't think the hearing tests themselves are "rearing
their ugly heads".  It is how they are handled.  Since early
intervention can go so far in helping infants with hearing defecits,
I think they are very worthwhile.  It is a way to identify possible
problems very early.  What Star described is a problem in how they
are handled.  First of all, sucking on a pacifier isn't necessarily
sleeping!  Baby needs to be truly sleeping.  At our hospital,
parents are told from the start to let the nurse (actually the nurse
extender-nurse's aide-does the test) know a time when baby is
sleeping quietly and the test will be done then.  If baby wakes up,
they just take it back to mom and try again later.  I don't know of
any so far that there hasn't been an opportunity to catch baby
sleeping at some time during the stay, even in those cases where mom
goes home in 24 hours.
So, yes, it is worth the battle to change the approach, not the test
itself.  You might want to see if you can collect data on what
percentage don't pass when using a pacifier vs the ones that don't
pass when sleeping normally.

Winnie

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