Sudden infant death syndrome (SIDS) is any sudden and unexplained death of an apparently healthy infant aged one month to one year. The term cot death is sometimes used in the Unit...
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A simple hearing test soon after birth may help identify babies at risk for sudden infant death syndrome (SIDS), a new U.S. study finds.
SIDS kills about one in 1,000 infants worldwide. Most of the victims are between two to four months old. Boys are more likely than girls to die of SIDS. Dr. Daniel D. Rubens and colleagues at the Children's Hospital and Regional Medical Center, in Seattle, analyzed data on 31 Rhode Island babies who died of SIDS. They found that they all shared the same distinctive difference in newborn hearing test results for the right inner ear. Compared with other babies, those who died of SIDS scored four points lower in standard newborn hearing tests, across three different sound frequencies in the right ear. Rubens also noted that healthy infants typically test stronger in the right ear than in the left. However, the infants who died of SIDS had lower scores for the right ear than the left. The study was published in the July issue of the journal Early Human Development. "This discovery opens a whole new line of inquiry into SIDS research," Rubens said in a prepared statement. "For the first time, it's now possible that with a simple, standard hearing test, babies could be identified as at risk for SIDS, allowing preventative measures to be implemented in advance of a tragic event." The inner ear contains tiny hairs involved with both hearing and vestibular (balance) function. Vestibular hair cells may play an important role in transmitting information to the brain about levels of carbon dioxide in the blood, Rubens suggested. Injury to vestibular hair cells may disrupt respiratory control and predispose infants to SIDS. Rubens urged further research in this area. "We must now fully explore all aspects of inner ear function and SIDS and analyze testing frequencies higher than those currently tested by newborn hearing screen centers," he said." I found this while reading someone's journal and I thought we would all benefit from knowing more about this, it was evidentally on the news. Posted on 08/02/07, 02:08 pm |
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I only hope this bring them alot closer to the cure,For a parent of a SIDS baby though that came a lot toooo late!but this imformation may be useful to my daughter who is expecting her 3rd child,It scares the hell out of me her sister the one who succumed to SIDS was the third child! 
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Gretchen had to be retested in one of her ears, i cant remember which one. i cant look it up in her blue book (medical records) because the police still have it. YAY, another night awake and wondering!!! thank you for the info though!
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My son tested perfectly in both ears, but this is very interesting.
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