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Wis. Stat. § 253.115

Newborn hearing screening

1999 a. 9, 185; 2009 a. 279; 2011 a. 260; 2025 a. 17.

(1) DEFINITIONS. In this section:

(a) “Hearing loss” means an inability in one or both ears to detect sounds at 30 decibels hearing level or greater in the frequency region of 500 to 4,000 hertz that affects speech recognition and auditory comprehension.

(b) “Hertz” means a unit of frequency equal to one cycle per second.

(c) “Hospital” has the meaning given in s. 50.33 (2).

(d) “Infant” means a child from birth to 3 months of age.

(e) “Newborn hearing screening program” means a system of a hospital under which an infant may be tested, using currently available medical techniques, to determine if the infant has a hearing loss.

(f) “Nurse-midwife” means an individual who is licensed as an advanced practice registered nurse and possesses a certified nurse-midwife specialty designation under s. 441.09.

Official source: Wisconsin State Legislature. Reproduced from public-domain Wisconsin statutes; confirm against the official source for the current text. Not legal advice.