If you are visiting this site for the first time, it may be because your baby has ... It is important to know that many babies need a repeat screening test. ... Follow up testing is very important.

Links concerning universal newborn hearing screening / early hearing detection and intervention / newborn and infant hearing loss and deafness ... Hearing, Speech and Deafness Center

Mandatory screening for deafness in newborns called for - New Delhi, Sep 24 : Screening for deafness in newborns should be made mandatory across all hospitals in the country as early intervention can ...

How Health Professionals Can Encourage Follow-up Hearing Evaluations for Newborns ... Early identification of deafness in children

WASHINGTON, Feb 21 (Reuters) - An experimental vaccine for a common virus that can cause mental retardation and deafness in some newborns yielded encouraging results in guinea pigs and could lead to a...

By Will Dunham WASHINGTON, Feb 21 (Reuters) - An experimental vaccine for a common virus that can cause mental retardation and deafness in some newborns yielded encouraging results in guinea pigs...

More are being identified because most newborns are screened for hearing loss. About Deafness has an article on demographics.

I have heard of parents who know nothing about deafness arriving home with their newly identified newborns (or babies who have just survived major illness and lost their hearing),

This article will examine some of the more common genetic causes for deafness that occur in newborns and children.

Until a vaccine is available, better recognition of CMV as a cause of deafness in newborns, and increased knowledge of CMV in the lay and medical communities, will be necessary.