The Task Force on Newborn and Infant Hearing estimates that "significant bilateral hearing loss is present in 1 to 3 per 1000 newborn infants in the well-baby nursery population." Hearing loss is more prevalent in infants in intensive care, rising...
The ability to hear is a critical tool that aids young children's social, cognitive and emotional development, according to KidsHealth, a part of the Nemours Foundation. Even a slight hearing problem can compromise a child's ability to...
Auditory neuropathy, or auditory dysynchrony, is a complex, rare condition where auditory signals from the inner ear to the brain are not adequately transmitted. For all outward appearances, the person has normal hearing, or only mild hearing...
Every year, 12,000 babies are born in the United States with hearing loss, a problem that can go unnoticed for years and leave children with significant developmental delays. A simple newborn hearing screening can detect potential hearing problems...
Most children have acute hearing from the time they are born; however, 2 to 3 in every 1,000 children in the United States are born with hearing problems, according to the National Institute on Deafness and Other Communication Disorders. Since the...
Meniere's disease is a chronic inner ear disorder that is characterized by hearing loss, ringing in the ear and episodes of vertigo, which are spinning sensations that cause dizziness and nausea. In most cases, Meniere's disease...
Iron deficiency anemia in the United States affects mostly women of reproductive age, toddler and adolescents. Worldwide, iron deficiency affects as many as 80 percent of people, with as many as 30 percent having iron deficiency anemia, according...
The Merck Manual defines acoustic neuroma as a noncancerous tumor that originates in the cells that wrap around the auditory nerve. It is also known by the names vestibular schwannoma, acoustic schwannoma, acoustic neurilemmoma, and acoustic...
The Mayo Clinic defines acoustic neuroma, also known as a vestibular schwannoma, as a slow growing, non cancerous tumor that develops adjacent to the brain on a portion of the eighth cranial nerve that runs from the brain to the inner ear....
Acoustic neuroma, also referred to as vestibular schwannoma or neurilemmoma, is a rare, benign tumor found on the vestibulocochlear nerve, the eighth cranial nerve in the head. It accounts for 6 percent of all brain tumors, and doctors make...
