The Monroe County Health Department is offering free hearing and vision screenings for children ages 3 and older.

If a child doesn't exhibit signs of hearing loss, she recommends they receive a test before going into elementary school (around ages four or five) and again when they're around 11 years old or ...

If your child didn’t have a normal hearing test, they’ll need to see a special hearing doctor, called an audiologist, before they’re 3 months old.

BALTIMORE — Millions of children struggle in the classroom, not because of behavior or learning disorders, but because of hearing loss. Almost 15 percent of school-aged children in the U.S ...

Get Hearing Tests Regular hearing tests can help monitor any changes in your child's hearing and catch issues early. Use Personal Hearing Protection When you can't avoid loud noises, use personal ...

A few days after a routine injection into her inner ear, a seven-year-old girl in China turned her head toward a faint beep. It was the first time she had ever responded to sound. Within months, she ...

Scientists have made major progress in treating congenital deafness using gene therapy. This approach repairs hearing loss by ...

A follow-up test showed the child’s hearing was normal. Credit... Brandon Thibodeaux/KHN. By Jay Hancock. Published Dec. 22, 2021 Updated Dec. 23, 2021.

Hearing test may identify autism risk Date: July 25, 2016 Source: University of Rochester Medical Center Summary: Researchers have identified an inner ear deficiency in children with autism that ...

After hearing tests, it was determined that Yiyi’s son had total deafness. 5 Researchers said that this was the first time that hearing loss is being reversed by gene therapy.

Roughly 52% of children 3-5 years old failed speech-language screening and 40% failed hearing exams in 12 Columbus-area schools in 2021.