Before your baby says their first word, their ability to hear it matters. This National Newborn Screening Awareness Month, WTOP explores why early hearing tests are essential for newborns — and what ...

A more advanced screening method has turned a low-cost procedure into a pricier one, drawing complaints. By Jay Hancock After Christine Malik gave birth to her first daughter three years ago, a ...

When she was 5 years old, Lexie Maxwell remembers sitting in a hard plastic chair, wearing a pair of oversized headphones in the nurse’s office at Holy Angels School in Newark and raising her hand ...

Many parents think that a newborn will respond to sounds as they get older, but hearing problems often go unnoticed. Early ...