Double auditory testing required for newborns</tile> <meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8"> <meta http-equiv="description" content="Double auditory testing required for newborns"> <meta http-equiv="keywords" content="Double,auditory,testing,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">28-02-2005</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>Double auditory testing 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_JbhcVhDVzDOuW6Gmtrza_0.jpg" align="left" vspace="5" hspace="5" ><font face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="2">Seattle, USA (Seattle Times): Newborns should be tested for hearing more than once before leaving the hospital, a study has found, because initial tests may falsely indicate problems. A four-year study at Parkland Memorial Hospital in Dallas — whose 17,000 annual births make it the largest birthing center in the US — found that between 2.4 and 4.7 percent of newborns were initially diagnosed with hearing problems after just one test. If a second test was given before discharge, results were more accurate, with just 0.5 to 1 percent of the infants appearing to have auditory problems. About half of those infants were found to have actual hearing problems in follow-up tests done within 10 days. <br> <br>For more information, please visit: <br><a href="http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/health/2002190379_healthvitals27.html " target="blank">seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/health/2002190379_healthvitals27.html </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