The first few days after birth are filled with feeding, bonding, and learning your baby’s cues. In the middle of this new routine, hospitals often recommend a hearing screening for a newborn. This ...

On a spring day in the late 1980s, pediatrician Mark Schleiss was confronted with a difficult case: a months-old infant who had developed pneumonia. While many infants with pneumonia recover, this ...

Ninety-nine percent of infants in the United States are screened for hearing loss at birth. But when you look worldwide, that figure drops to just 40 percent. The failure to diagnose hearing issues ...

This retrospective study was undertaken to assess the correlation between click-evoked auditory brainstem responses and behavioral hearing tests. We recruited a total of 16646 infants born in ...

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