The newborn hearing screening test allows those babies who have hearing loss to be identified early.

Learn more about the signs of hearing loss in children - what causes it, how it’s diagnosed and possible treatments depending on the severity.

If you are raising a deaf child, getting the right support as soon as possible will help them reach their full potential.

All parents are offered the opportunity to have their baby screened for a number of rare disorders.

Here are some of the most common myths you might hear about being pregnant.

During the second trimester, your baby’s organs will develop and they will start to hear sounds. Any morning sickness will likely ease off around this time.

By week 19, you will likely look very obviously pregnant, while your baby can now hear sounds from outside your body.

You will be offered a morphology scan at week 18 to 22 of pregnancy. Learn what a morphology scan can tell you and how this ultrasound test is done.

Congenital disorder, also known as congenital disease or birth defects, are conditions present from birth. Find out more about congenital disorders.

A cleft lip and/or cleft palate occurs when separate areas of a baby’s face do not join together properly when developing during pregnancy.