For Children With Hearing Loss: The Times They Are A-changin’

2010 ◽  
Vol 20 (2) ◽  
pp. 48-55 ◽  
Author(s):  
K. Todd Houston ◽  
Teresa Caraway
Keyword(s):  
Hearing Loss ◽  
Service Providers ◽  
Spoken Language ◽  
Speech Language Pathologists ◽  
Early Intervention Services ◽  
Universal Newborn Hearing Screening ◽  
Newborn Hearing ◽  
Age Appropriate ◽  
Children With Hearing Loss ◽  
The Times

Today, children with hearing loss have more opportunities than ever before to use audition and to achieve age-appropriate spoken language and academic outcomes. Several factors are driving these new outcomes, including universal newborn hearing screening and earlier diagnosis of hearing loss, immediate fitting of advanced hearing technology, and enrollment in appropriate early intervention services. For speech-language pathologists and audiologists, these changes mean altering how these children and their families are served, including the types of diagnostic evaluations that are conducted. Specifically, if speech-language pathologists are to remain vital service providers, they must raise their professional expectations for what these children can ultimately achieve.

Auditory Verbal Therapy: A Family-Centered Listening and Spoken Language Intervention for Children With Hearing Loss and Their Families

2017 ◽  
Vol 2 (9) ◽  
pp. 54-65
Author(s):  
Elizabeth A. Rosenzweig
Keyword(s):  
Hearing Loss ◽  
Hard Of Hearing ◽  
Spoken Language ◽  
Language Intervention ◽  
Universal Newborn Hearing Screening ◽  
Language Outcome ◽  
Newborn Hearing ◽  
Children With Hearing Loss ◽  
Auditory Verbal Therapy ◽  
Family Centered

There are many ways for children with hearing loss to learn to communicate. Advances in universal newborn hearing screening and hearing technology have enabled many families to elect a listening and spoken language outcome for their children, regardless of degree of hearing loss. Auditory Verbal Therapy is a family-centered approach to developing listening and spoken language for children who are deaf or hard of hearing. Professionals certified in Auditory Verbal Therapy (AVT) provide services under a guiding set of 10 principles, enumerated in this article with their attendant research bases and practical/clinical implications.

TeleIntervention: Improving Service Delivery to Young Children With Hearing Loss and Their Families Through Telepractice

2011 ◽  
Vol 21 (2) ◽  
pp. 66-72 ◽  
Author(s):  
K. Todd Houston
Keyword(s):  
Hearing Loss ◽  
Young Children ◽  
Service Delivery ◽  
Spoken Language ◽  
Service Delivery Model ◽  
Auditory Learning ◽  
Early Intervention Services ◽  
Telecommunication Technology ◽  
Children With Hearing Loss ◽  
Communication Needs

As telecommunication technology continues to evolve, opportunities are emerging for telepractice to meet the communication needs of children with hearing loss. As well, documented shortages of well-trained speech-language pathologists and pediatric audiologists are leading some centers to augment their service delivery through telepractice as a means to meet a need for qualified providers. For families of young children with hearing loss, obtaining services that support auditory learning and spoken language can be a challenge in some communities. One form of telepractice, teleintervention, provides early intervention services to families of children with hearing loss using internet-based videoconferencing to model and coach parents in language facilitation techniques. Though it is a relatively new service delivery model, preliminary results are promising.

Hearing loss due to mannosidosis and otitis media with effusion. A case report and review of audiological assessments in children with otitis media with effusion

2003 ◽  
Vol 117 (4) ◽  
pp. 307-309 ◽  
Author(s):  
A. U. Ahmmed ◽  
S. M. O’Halloran ◽  
N. J. Roland ◽  
M. Starkey ◽  
J. E. Wraith
Keyword(s):  
Hearing Loss ◽  
Otitis Media ◽  
Otitis Media With Effusion ◽  
Relevant Literature ◽  
Before And After ◽  
Newborn Hearing ◽  
Age Appropriate ◽  
Glue Ear ◽  
Hearing Assessment ◽  
Children With Hearing Loss

A case of a child with mannosidosis and bilateral otitis media with effusion (OME) is reported here along with some discussion of relevant literature to emphasize the need for age appropriate audiometricc assessment before and after insertion of grommets for glue ear (OME).There is a need for multidisciplinary teamwork in the management of children with hearing loss. If OME is treated surgically, age-appropriate hearing assessment is required before and after insertion of grommets. The need for audiological assessments will be relevant even if children had passed the newborn hearing screening test.

Audiologists and Speech-Language Pathologists: Making Critical Cross-Disciplinary Connections For Quality Care in Early Hearing Detection and Intervention

2011 ◽  
Vol 7 (1) ◽  
pp. 34-42 ◽  
Author(s):  
Karen Muñoz ◽  
Kristina Blaiser
Keyword(s):  
Hearing Loss ◽  
American Sign Language ◽  
Service Providers ◽  
Interdisciplinary Collaboration ◽  
Quality Care ◽  
Full Potential ◽  
Speech Language Pathologists ◽  
Speech Language Pathologist ◽  
Newborn Hearing ◽  
Communication Approach

Widespread realization of newborn hearing screening has made it possible to routinely identify hearing loss shortly after birth, expanding opportunities for children born with permanent hearing loss. For children to reach their full potential, high-quality comprehensive services need to be provided in a timely manner. Because the roles of the audiologist and speech-language pathologist vary significantly from family to family in an American Sign Language approach, this article focuses primarily on the roles these professionals serve within a listening and spoken language communication approach. An overview of components of quality assessment and intervention for audiology and speech-language pathology are discussed, as are the benefits and opportunities of interdisciplinary collaboration. Newborn hearing screenings, advanced hearing technology, and early education have the potential to affect the lives of children with hearing loss and their families; however, successful families and children rely on quality, collaborative intervention from their service providers. Together, speech-language pathologists and audiologists can better understand a child’s responses to sound, more effectively set hearing technology to maximize access to sound, and support parents in their ability to help their children reach their full potential.

scholarly journals A local rehabilitation service for children with hearing loss

2021 ◽  
Vol 6 (2) ◽  
pp. 30-36
Author(s):  
Gaziz Sh. Tufatulin ◽  
Inna V. Koroleva
Keyword(s):  
Hearing Loss ◽  
Hearing Aids ◽  
Hearing Screening ◽  
Rehabilitation Service ◽  
Hearing Impairments ◽  
Universal Newborn Hearing Screening ◽  
Newborn Hearing ◽  
Pediatric Audiology ◽  
The Mean ◽  
Children With Hearing Loss

Objectives to discuss the issues of inter-disciplinary cooperation for improvement the pediatric audiological care using modern technologies for hearing restoration. Material and methods. An epidemiological study of hearing impairments in 3098 children registered in the Center of Pediatric Audiology (St. Petersburg) and analysis of the city pediatric audiological services were carried out. Results. The introduction of the universal newborn hearing screening helped to diagnose hearing loss in children under 1 year of age in 47% of cases. Before the screening implementation, it was diagnosed in 22% of cases. The hearing screening results testify that 26% of children meet modern requirements of early diagnosis (under 3 months) of congenital hearing loss. 54% of children registered in the Audiology Center are using hearing aids or cochlear implants. The mean age of initial amplification is 3 years 8 months. 5.4% of children got amplification under 6 months of age, 20% of children - under 1 year and 58% - under 3 years. The mean interval between diagnosis and amplification was 15.7 months, only 24% of children got amplification within 3 months after being diagnosed. A system of family-centered medical, psychological and pedagogical rehabilitation of children with hearing impairments was developed at the Center of Pediatric Audiology.

Speech-Language Pathologists' Perceptions of School-Based Services for Children With Hearing Loss

2020 ◽  
Vol 51 (2) ◽  
pp. 469-478
Author(s):  
Sarah Allen ◽  
Robert Mayo
Keyword(s):  
Hearing Loss ◽  
Online Survey ◽  
Working Relationships ◽  
Speech Language Pathologists ◽  
School Aged Children ◽  
School Based ◽  
Significant Difference ◽  
Positive Feelings ◽  
Children With Hearing Loss ◽  
Perceptions Of School

Purpose School-aged children with hearing loss are best served by a multidisciplinary team of professionals. The purpose of this research was to assess school-based speech-language pathologists' (SLPs) perceptions of their access to, involvement of, and working relationships with educational audiologists in their current work setting. Method An online survey was developed and distributed to school-based SLPs in North Carolina. Results A significant difference in access to and involvement of educational audiologists across the state was found. Conclusions This research contributes to professional knowledge by providing information about current perceptions in the field about interprofessional practice in a school-based setting. Overall, SLPs reported positive feelings about their working relationship with educational audiologists and feel the workload is distributed fairly.

What Do We Want Them To Be When They Grow Up?

2010 ◽  
Vol 20 (1) ◽  
pp. 27-31
Author(s):  
Lyn Robertson
Keyword(s):  
Hearing Loss ◽  
Social Development ◽  
Young Women ◽  
Hearing Aids ◽  
Test Scores ◽  
Spoken Language ◽  
Language Therapy ◽  
Profound Hearing Loss ◽  
Children With Hearing Loss ◽  
Learning To Listen

Abstract Learning to listen and speak are well-established preludes for reading, writing, and succeeding in mainstream educational settings. Intangibles beyond the ubiquitous test scores that typically serve as markers for progress in children with hearing loss are embedded in descriptions of the educational and social development of four young women. All were diagnosed with severe-to-profound or profound hearing loss as toddlers, and all were fitted with hearing aids and given listening and spoken language therapy. Compiling stories across the life span provides insights into what we can be doing in the lives of young children with hearing loss.

Red Flags: Barriers to Listening and Spoken Language in Children with Hearing Loss

2014 ◽  
Vol 24 (1) ◽  
pp. 11-18
Author(s):  
Andrea Bell ◽  
K. Todd Houston
Keyword(s):  
Hearing Loss ◽  
Early Diagnosis ◽  
Skill Acquisition ◽  
Dynamic Process ◽  
Spoken Language ◽  
Red Flags ◽  
Careful Monitoring ◽  
Auditory Development ◽  
Children With Hearing Loss ◽  
Family Centered

To ensure optimal auditory development for the acquisition of spoken language, children with hearing loss require early diagnosis, effective ongoing audiological management, well fit and maintained hearing technology, and appropriate family-centered early intervention. When these elements are in place, children with hearing loss can achieve developmental and communicative outcomes that are comparable to their hearing peers. However, for these outcomes to occur, clinicians—early interventionists, speech-language pathologists, and pediatric audiologists—must participate in a dynamic process that requires careful monitoring of countless variables that could impact the child's skill acquisition. This paper addresses some of these variables or “red flags,” which often are indicators of both minor and major issues that clinicians may encounter when delivering services to young children with hearing loss and their families.

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