Second hearing tests required for newborns</tile> <meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8"> <meta http-equiv="description" content="Second hearing tests required for newborns"> <meta http-equiv="keywords" content="Second,hearing,tests,required,for,newborns"> </head> <body> <table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0"> <tr> <td width="10" height="39"> </td> <td width="99%" height="39"> <table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0"> <tr> <td width="16%"><a href="http://inttranews.inttra.net"><img src="http://inttranews.inttra.net/images/inttranews_grey_2.jpg" width="192" height="37" border="0"></a></td> <td width="50%" valign="middle"> <p><font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="2"><b><font color="#CCCCCC" face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="1">KNOW.<br> HOW.</font></b></font> </p> </td> <td width="34%" align="right" valign="top"><font face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="1" color="#666666">14-02-2005</font></td> </tr> </table> </td> </tr> <tr> <td width="10"> </td> <td width="99%" > </td> </tr> <tr> <td width="10"> </td> <td width="99%" > <table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0"> <tr> <td width="100%"><font face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="2"> <b>Second hearing tests required for newborns</b></font> </td> </tr> <tr> <td width="100%"> </td> </tr> <tr> <td width="100%"> <img src="http://inttranews.inttra.net/img_news/img_IGp1n667iZxFkwKxCHhQ_0.jpg" align="left" vspace="5" hspace="5" ><font face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="2">Torotno, Canda (Toronto Star): A new study has found newborns should be tested for hearing problems more than once before leaving the hospital, because initial tests may falsely indicate auditory problems, resulting in parental anxiety and costly follow-up evaluations later. <br>A four-year study at Parkland Memorial Hospital in Dallas - whose 17,000 annual births make it the largest single birthing centre in the United States - found that between 2.4 per cent and 4.7 per cent of newborns were initially diagnosed with hearing problems after just one test. When a second test was given prior to discharge, the tests were much more accurate, with just 0.5 per cent to 1 per cent of the infants appearing to have auditory problems <br> <br>For more information, please visit: <br><a href="http://www.thestar.com/NASApp/cs/ContentServer?pagename=thestar/Layout/Article_Type1&c=Article&cid=1108075811679&call_pageid=970599119419 " target="blank">www.thestar.com/NASApp/cs/ContentServer?pagename=thestar/Layout/Article_Type1&c=Article&cid=1108075811679&call_pageid=970599119419 </a> <br></font></td> </tr> </table> </td></tr> </table> <script type="text/javascript"></script> <script type="text/javascript" src="<http://pagead2.googlesyndication.com/pagead/show