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.
Why Infants Cry and How to Respond. Itâs 3:00 in the morning. For the past few weeks youâve only gotten 2-3 hours of sleep at a time and you are exhausted. Your newborn baby wonât stop crying. You feel like youâve tried everything to get her to stop and you donât know what else to do.