A saliva test taken by parents to screen for the leading infectious cause of hearing loss in babies was feasible and well-received, according to a new study. The research led by the Murdoch Children's ...

You might be aware that a blood sample is taken soon after your infant is born to test for dozens of genetic and metabolic disorders. But did you realize that super quick (and painless) newborn ...

The incidence of sensorineural hearing loss ranges from 1 to 3 per 1,000 live births in term healthy neonates, and 2–4 per 100 in high-risk infants, a 10-fold increase. Early identification and ...

Researchers have created a newborn hearing screening system that uses cheap earbuds and a smartphone instead of an expensive commercial device. Newborns across the United States are screened to check ...

Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . A smartphone-based device performed comparably to a traditional otoacoustic emission probe for screening. The ...

A Utah law has led to increased early identification of infants with hearing loss due to a congenital infection, according to a new study by University of Utah and Utah Department of Health ...

In many countries, hearing screenings of newborn infants are inadequate or are not performed at all. However, researchers know that an early diagnose is crucial in order to treat the disorder ...

Venerannda Leon Guerrero cradled her slumbering infant in her arms in a CEDDERS testing center at the University of Guam as she watched an audiologist in Colorado conduct a diagnostic test to ...

Kaison Cooper was sound asleep, swaddled in his blue blanket and unaware of all the fuss around him. The one-day-old barely even fidgeted as Erin Blankenship, an obstetric technician at St. John ...

NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - Newborns delivered by cesarean section may be more likely to "fail" their first hearing test, even if their hearing is perfectly normal, a new study suggests. The problem ...