Babies spend a great deal of time sleeping. Parents and others who care for infants should be aware of ways they can help protect sleeping babies from injury and death. Sudden Infant Death Syndrome is the sudden unexplained death of an infant younger than 1 year of age. This syndrome is rare and its...

Proper hearing is essential to a child’s ability to develop speech and language skills, as well as his or her cognitive, social and emotional development. The first few years of a child’s life are particularly important. During this time, children learn to make sense of sounds via their ears, working...