Question

The Term Newborn 1. Describe the condition referred to as head lag. 2. Explain the Algo hearing screening test.

Answer 1

Ans:- 1. Head lag condition:- During pull to sit , the normal response is for an infant to right the head and maintain it in the line with the shoulders , but    head lag is the condition in which infant's head will fall back when he or she is lifted from the head because newborn cannot maintain neutral position with the head.

2. Algo hearing screening test :- Algo hearing screening test is a test that analyzes hearing by sending a series of soft clicks into the sleeping infant's ear.

The infant responds with a specific brain wave that is referred to as an auditory brain stem response .

A computer program compares the response to normal response and records a pass or fail score.

Algo machine is manufactured by Natus and also known as automated auditory brainstem response assessment.