UW News
Randall Bly
October 31, 2022
How low-cost earbuds can make newborn hearing screening accessible
![A person holds a child, who is looking at the camera. Another person's arm holds a probe to the child's ear. The probe is connected to a smartphone, which the third person is holding.](https://uw-s3-cdn.s3.us-west-2.amazonaws.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/6/2022/10/31081210/newbornhearingWEB002-150x150.jpg)
A team led by researchers at the University of Washington has created a new hearing screening system that uses a smartphone and earbuds.
May 15, 2019
First smartphone app that can hear ear infections in children
![a smartphone displaying the app](https://uw-s3-cdn.s3.us-west-2.amazonaws.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/6/2019/05/14134924/Detecting_ear_fluid_WEB001-150x150.jpg)
Researchers at the UW have created a new smartphone app that can detect fluid behind the eardrum by simply using a piece of paper and the phone’s microphone and speaker.