Welcome to the first lesson in our series on Newborn Hearing Screening in Spanish!
This series was requested by one of our listeners, Hyun from Maryland. Hyun is a newborn hearing technician who wants to learn Spanish phrases for a newborn hearing screening.
Even if you never plan to perform a newborn hearing screening, I promise you will learn helpful vocabulary and phrases for your clinical practice.
In this series of 3 lessons,
- We will learn how to ask about childhood hearing loss on either side of the family and complications during pregnancy.
- As we describe the procedure, we will learn how to explain that the earbud will play chimes, that it is not painful, and that we can soothe the baby using the sucking reflex.
- Finally, we will learn how to report a good result and explain that a bad result may be due to fluid in the ear, and that we must allow time for the ears to dry before retesting.
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Screening Test
02:49
La prueba de detección de problemas de audición en los recién nacidos.
(Screening test for hearing problems in newborns.)
Vocabulario
La prueba de detección — screening test
Los problemas de audición — hearing problems
El recién nacido, la recién nacida — newborn
Los recién nacidos — newborns
Family History
04:54
¿Hay antecedentes de pérdida de audición infantil en la familia paterna o en la familia materna del bebé?
(Is there a history of childhood hearing loss on either side of the baby’s family?)
Vocabulario
Los antecedentes — prior cases, history
La pérdida de audición infantil — childhood hearing loss
La familia paterna — the father’s side of the family
La familia materna — the mother’s side of the family
En la familia paterna o en la familia materna del bebé — on either side of the baby’s family
Complications During Pregnancy
07:36
¿Usted sufrió alguna complicación durante el embarazo que hace que el médico se preocupe por la salud del bebé?
(Did you suffer any complications during your pregnancy that caused the doctor to be concerned about the baby’s health?)
Vocabulario
Alguna complicación — any complications
El embarazo — pregnancy
Preocuparse — to be concerned
Preocuparse por la salud del bebé — to be concerned about the baby’s health
Alguna complicación que hace que el médico se preocupe — a complication that causes the doctor to be concerned
We use the subjunctive following verbs of influence, like hacer or causar. Learn more about verbs of influence.
La salud del bebé, la salud de la bebé — the baby’s health
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Gracias a Daniela Grave y a Luis Almeida por su ayuda con esta lección.
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