The answer is: sooner than you might think! In the U.S., most newborns have their hearing tested before leaving the hospital.

Your range of hearing shrinks as you age. Children can often hear sounds that the average adult is oblivious to. However, if you notice a sudden loss or change in your hearing, it’s a good idea ...

Local and global collaborations help BME Design Fellows make a low-cost, affordable, and easy-to-use screening tool for ...

In this test, a tuning fork is struck and placed in the middle of the child’s forehead. If the sound is louder in an ear that does not have hearing loss, then the hearing loss present in the ...

At the start of the study, both children showed no reaction to sounds delivered at maximum levels of 100 decibels or more, and there was no evidence of a signal reaching the hearing centres of the ...

Preteens attached to their mobile devices are missing out on an important activity: More physical movement, which they need ...