Newborn hearing screening linked with improved developmental outcomes for hearing impaired children

Tuesday, October 19, 2010 - 17:30 in Health & Medicine

Children with permanent hearing impairment who received hearing screening as newborns had better general and language developmental outcomes and quality of life at ages 3 to 5 years compared to newborns who received hearing screening through behavioral testing, according to a study in the October 20 issue of JAMA.

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