Newborn hearing screenings do not appear to identify all children at risk for hearing loss

Tuesday, March 22, 2011 - 00:30 in Health & Medicine

Although universal newborn hearing screening programs appear to identify children with hearing loss at a younger age, nearly one-third of pediatric cochlear implant recipients pass newborn screening only to be diagnosed later in infancy or early childhood, according to a new study.

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