Questions raised over newborn hearing test
22nd January 2013
Newborn hearing tests can create a "false sense of security", researchers warn, after finding the tests often fail to identify deaf children early.
A US study of 920 children with hearing loss found that 78 - one in four - had passed newborn hearing screening, with the condition typically not diagnosed until four-and-a-half years of age.
In these cases, childhood hearing loss was typically picked up by parents or at school. Thirty-seven children (47%) who had