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Nicklaus Children’s Hospital has several outpatient and urgent care centers throughout South Florida, including on-demand, virtual care.
Walk-in urgent care with no appointment needed.
Serving as your child's primary doctor's office.
Pediatric specialty consultations available closer to home.
A full range of comprehensive services all under one roof.
Connect with providers from the comfort of your own home.
With over 800 pediatric clinicians on staff, we’re dedicated to helping you connect with the right specialist for your needs.
We have expertise in treating children and educating families on hundreds of different conditions.
We use cutting-edge, specialized treatments and procedures to ensure the best care for your child.
Also known as: VRA
Visual reinforcement audiometry is a hearing tests designed for children ages 6 months to 3 years of age, for whom standard audiometry is impractical. It involves using toys or animations to train a child to look in the direction of a sound.
The child wear earphones, or listens to speakers that are placed on either side of the room. Visual stimuli are also placed on either side of the child, as well. Then a range of sounds varying in type and intensity are played in order to test the child’s hearing and response.
No special preparation is needed for the test.
There are no risk factors related to this test.
Reviewed by: Carla Colebrook-Thomas
This page was last updated on: May 18, 2022 12:18 PM
The Rehabilitation Services at Nicklaus Children’s Hospital serve the therapeutic needs of infants, children and adolescents.
The Otoacoustic Emissions (OAEs) evaluation is used to find out how the inner ear (i.e., the cochlea) is functioning.
A hearing test assesses the quietest sound a patient can hear in one or both hears.