| OAE | Otoacoustic Emissions |
| TEOAE | Transient Evoked Otoacoustic Emissions |
| ABR | Auditory Brainstem Response |
| NICU | Neonatal Intensive Care Unit |
| PASS | Normal response on newborn hearing screening |
| REFER | Abnormal response on newborn hearing screening |
| dB | Decibel |
| SNR | Signal-to-Noise Ratio |
| WHO | World Health Organization |
| JCIH | Joint Committee on Infant Hearing |
| IRB | Institutional Review Board |
| CI | Confidence Interval |
| RR | Relative Risk |
| LBW | Low Birth Weight |
| GA | Gestational Age |
| APC | Article Processing Charge |