Objective To discuss factors influencing initial newborn hearing screening in local areas. Methods Selected were 9 686 newborns at Anyang Maternal and Child Health Hospital from December 2008 to March 2010.Transient evoked otoacoustic emissions(TEOAEs) were used to screen the hearing of all infants within 7 days after birth.A step-forward logistic regression analysis was used to filter out factors influencing the hearing screening results from the eight variables: age of the mother,gestational weeks(full-te...