Children’s Health: Infant Hearing Screening Update

Monday, July 3, 2006 Download  RSS  Short URL  Share

Each year, more than 5,000 babies across America are born with moderate to profound hearing deficiencies. An estimated 450 of them are born here in Ohio. No other birth defect is more common - yet until recently, many babies with this handicap weren't readily diagnosed. That delay sometimes meant the child would develop more disabilities later on. This past weekend marked the two-year anniversary of legislation mandating hearing screening for all newborns in Ohio. As part of our continuing coverage of children's health, ideastream's Annie Wu has this update.