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 Colic is when a healthy baby cries for no reason. 2  Not all babies who cry a lot have colic. There are certain things that must be true in order for it to be colic: 3  The crying lasts more than 3 hours. 4  The crying happens at least 3 days in one week.  The child must be under 3 months of age.