Researchers Use CEAP Test to Determine Hearing in Infants
A new study conducted by the University of Manchester has found that a test called the Cortical Auditory Evoked Potential (CAEP) can help reassure parents of newborns with hearing loss.
A new study conducted by the University of Manchester has found that a test called the Cortical Auditory Evoked Potential (CAEP) can help reassure parents of newborns with hearing loss.
Dr Gabrielle Saunders, a senior research fellow at The University of Manchester, says findings from the survey of 140 audiologists are a rare positive in the crisis which has caused misery across the world.
Due to an identified genetic predisposition, some babies can develop irreversible hearing loss when exposed to gentamicin, an antibiotic used to treat several types of bacterial infections.