Newborns are routinely screened for hearing loss; screening typically occurs in the newborn nursery and newborn intensive care unit. Understanding the process and outcomes of initial hearing screening ...
Before your baby says their first word, their ability to hear it matters. This National Newborn Screening Awareness Month, WTOP explores why early hearing tests are essential for newborns — and what ...
Danielle Lavon, 40, of Billerica, learned of cCMV in 2022 after her third pregnancy when her son failed his newborn hearing ...
Seattle Children's is partnering on the launch of a study called the 'Oto-Acoustic Signals in SIDS' (OASIS) study that will investigate a possible association between Sudden Infant Death Syndrome ...
This week, the Montreal Children’s Hospital and Ste. Justine’s Hospital announced that they are launching screening programs to detect hearing loss in newborns. Hearing loss affects three out of 1,000 ...
Thomas R. Behrens, 78, a retired administrator with the old U.S. Office of Education and a major force in the effort to standardize the practice of screening all newborns for hearing loss, died of ...