Low-Cost Devices Could Improve Access to Infant Hearing Screenings Worldwide

Noisy Planet News March 12, 2024 Low-Cost Devices Could Improve Access to Infant Hearing Screenings Worldwide In many less developed regions across the globe, babies and young children are not regularly screened for hearing loss. Soon, more families worldwide could have access to newborn hearing screening. A team of scientists at the University of Washington has designed a low-cost hearing screening system that uses inexpensive earbuds, a microphone, and a smartphone to test for hearing loss in early childhood. Read more >> Popular Topics Parents Kids and Preteens Educators and Health Professionals Multimedia Library Publications Have You Heard? NIDCD now offers an easy way for you to get trusted, up-to-date content for your website. Learn more about content syndication >> 31 Center Drive, MSC 2320 Bethesda, MD USA 20892-2320 NPInfo@nidcd.nih.gov FOLLOW US It's a Noisy Planet. Protect Their Hearing.® is a national public education campaign supported and administered by the National Institute on Deafness and Other Communication Disorders (NIDCD), part of the National Institutes of Health. The campaign is designed to increase awareness among children ages 8 to 12 (preteens) and their parents about the causes and prevention of noise-induced hearing loss. With this information, parents and other adults can encourage children to adopt healthy hearing habits before and during the time that they develop listening, leisure, and working habits. To find out more about how to protect your hearing and that of your family, visit the Noisy Planet website. Unsubscribe from this newsletter NIDCD is part of the National Institutes of Health, the nation's medical research agency. NIH… Turning Discovery Into Health®

 

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