Neonatal hearing screening.
Auditory testing of neonates has received considerable attention in the last few years. As a result, several machines have been devised for this type of evaluation. It has been proposed that this equipment can be utilized by volunteer personnel to assess the hearing of infants. This investigation indicates that even trained audiologists are unable to make a definitive estimate of the hearing level in many newborns.
D003638:Deafness / Q000151:congenital*; D005260:Female; D006320:Hearing Tests; D006801:Humans; D007231:Infant, Newborn; D007232:Infant, Newborn, Diseases / Q000175:diagnosis*; D008297:Male