Hearing tests can be classified into two main types: diagnostic and screening. Screening tests that employ pure tone audiometry via basic air conduction are utilized to rapidly assess whether more ...

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 ...

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 ...

Many parents think that a newborn will respond to sounds as they get older, but hearing problems often go unnoticed. Early ...

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 ...

Newborn screening in the United States routinely checks every baby, within the first one to two days of birth, to provide critically important information about the child’s health. There are three ...

Since October 2022, over-the-counter (OTC) hearing aids have been available in stores and online, without needing to see a doctor, an audiologist, or a licensed hearing aid specialist. For the ...

Mere hours after birth, most newborns are tested for two things: whether they have signs of hearing loss and whether they have any of a range of rare conditions that could severely impact their health ...

MINNEAPOLIS--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Amplifon Hearing Health Care, the leading independent provider of hearing benefit solutions in the U.S., has launched its virtual care program to increase hearing loss ...

Hearing loss of ≥ 30 dB will interfere with the normal development of speech and language. Techniques used to assess hearing of infants, ages 3 months and younger, must be capable of detecting hearing ...