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.
1 Anything that causes baby to take in too much air may result in a gassy baby (what goes in must come out!):  Crying â Babies swallow air when they are crying, so crying is more likely to be the cause of gas, rather than the result of gas. Respond to babyâs feeding cues promptly.