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 ...

Hearing First, an initiative of the Oberkotter Foundation dedicated to supporting families and professionals so children with ...

Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . The guidelines consist of 11 evidence-based key action statements on age-related hearing loss evaluation and ...

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 ...

China has focused on Universal Newborn Hearing Screening (UNHS) for hearing loss prevention for over two decades. China CDC Weekly released a report on February 28th showing significant progress. The ...

While the average age of a first-time hearing aid wearer is 70 years old, nearly half of all people with hearing loss are below the age of 55. In other words, most of those with hearing difficulties ...

When she was 5 years old, Lexie Maxwell remembers sitting in a hard plastic chair, wearing a pair of oversized headphones in the nurse’s office at Holy Angels School in Newark and raising her hand ...

If you find yourself asking your loved ones, "What did you say?" a lot, you might be starting to wonder about your hearing. You're not alone. Roughly 15% of American adults have some level of hearing ...

“The Lions Clubs of District 14-T (Perry, Juniata, Franklin and Dauphin counties) thank you for having your child screened today for vision and hearing difficulties,” reads the referral parents ...

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 ...

A simple, single-question hearing screening administered by medical assistants could effectively identify older adults with untreated hearing loss, according to a study presented at the Gerontological ...