A single, small, retrospective case - control study
examined the use of newborn transient evoked otoacoustic emission hearing screening tests as a tool for identifying infants at subsequent risk of SIDS.343 Infants who subsequently died from SIDS did not fail their hearing tests but, compared with controls, showed a decreased
signal -
to -
noise ratio score in the right ear only (at frequencies of 2000, 3000, and 4000 Hz).