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http://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2007/07/30/eveningnews/main3115525.shtml...We've found for the first time that there's something going on in the hearing of SIDS babies," he says. "This is totally new and we've never had this before."
His study found that the group of newborns who later died from SIDS shared the same hearing tests results. The scores, reflecting inner ear function, were significantly lower in the right ear than in the left, something not usually seen in healthy infants. [continued]
http://children.webmd.com/news/20070727/newborn-hearing-test-may-predict-sids...The findings don't prove that hearing tests will identify babies at risk for SIDS. So the researchers plan further studies to investigate what they describe as a "potential association" between inner ear damage and breathing control.[continued]