99.04.06 - Pediatricians urge hearing tests at birth.
Pediatricians urge hearing tests at birth.
A recently issued policy statement of the American Academy of Pediatrics urges that infants be tested for hearing loss at birth. The speech and developmental impairments which hearing loss can cause can be forestalled by early training and use of hearing aids. Glaser G. Pediatricians urge hearing tests at birth. Task Force on Newborn and Infant Hearing. The journal Pediatrics on the web.