New test could reassure parents their babies’ hearing aids are working – study

In almost all cases, the test showed a positive response to speech played through the baby’s hearing aids when the child could hear the speech at a clear level.

New test could reassure parents their babies’ hearing aids are working – study (University of Manchester/PA)

The parents of the one in a 1,000 newborn babies with hearing loss might soon have the reassurance that their children’s hearing aids are picking up speech thanks to a new test.

University of Manchester scientists travelled across the UK in a research van to assess The Cortical Auditory Evoked Potential test –  or Cortical test – on 103 babies aged three to seven months.