Screening programmes for childhood hearing loss need to become better at collecting data and measuring outcomes in order to increase quality, such as improving the percentage of follow-ups, a new ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...