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 ...

Before a baby’s first babble, language development begins through exposure to voices, music, and everyday sounds. But what happens when that connection to sound is missing from the start? For ...

Isaac has permanent hearing loss in both ears and his deafness was picked up soon after birth, thanks to a newborn hearing ...

Joyce Shen was devastated when doctors said her firstborn, Emory, hadn’t passed her newborn hearing screening. Emory was diagnosed with profound sensorineural hearing loss in both ears as an infant, ...

Common hearing loss symptoms include: turning up the volume, struggling in background noise, asking for repetition, or even withdrawing from social settings due to frustration. There are several types ...

Doctors may diagnose hearing loss using a range of techniques, such as audiometry tests, brainstem auditory evoked response tests, and otoacoustic emissions tests. Hearing loss can affect one or both ...