In a prospective study of 23 newborns with preauricular skin lesions, four (17 percent) had abnormal findings on brain-evoked response audiometry. 1 Another study of 178 newborns with isolated preauricular tags found that 23 (13 percent) had mild to moderate sensorineural hearing impairment.
Hunger is one of the most common reasons why your baby will cry (CKS 2014), especially if she's a newborn. The younger your baby is, the more likely it is that she's hungry. Your baby's stomach is small and can't hold very much. So it won't take long before it empties.
Neonatal jaundice refers to the yellow coloration of the skin and sclera in newborns that results from hyperbilirubinemia. Jaundice is the most common condition requiring medical attention in newborns. About 50 percent of term and 80 percent of preterm newborns develop jaundice in the first week of life. Jaundice is also a common reason for readmitting a newborn to the hospital after early discharge.