ArticleHearing, balance and communication2020
Considering the impact of Universal Newborn Hearing Screening and early intervention on language outcomes for children with congenital hearing loss.
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- Exploring the support needs of Australian parents of young children with Usher syndrome: a qualitative thematic analysis.Orphanet journal of rare diseases · 2024Article
- Sociodemographic Factors Influencing Pandemic-Era EHDI Use and Access.Journal of early hearing detection and intervention · 2023Article
- Early Experiences of Parents of Children who are Deaf or Hard of Hearing: Navigating through Identification, Intervention, and Beyond.Journal of early hearing detection and intervention · 2023Article
- Performance and characteristics of the Newborn Hearing Screening Program in Campania region (Italy) between 2013 and 2019.European archives of oto-rhino-laryngology : official journal of the European Federation of Oto-Rhino-Laryngological Societies (EUFOS) : affiliated with the German Society for Oto-Rhino-Laryngology - Head and Neck Surgery · 2022Article
- Language Growth in Children with Mild to Severe Hearing Loss who Received Early Intervention by 3 Months or 6 Months of Age.Journal of early hearing detection and intervention · 2022Article
- Hearing Loss in Children: Clinical-Epidemiological Data from Two Different Provinces of the Same Region.Audiology research · 2021Article
- 'We manage, but yeah, it's challenging': A mixed-methods study of enablers and barriers to hearing assessments for parents of children in metropolitan and regional Australia.International journal of language & communication disordersArticle
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objectiveIn this paper we draw on evidence to address the impact of earlier identification of congenital hearing loss through universal newborn hearing screening (UNHS) and the associated earlier access to interventions including cochlear implant technology on outcomes of children with hearing loss.
methodData from the Longitudinal Outcomes of Children with Hearing Impairment (LOCHI) study were analyzed to examine the impact of UNHS and earlier intervention on language outcomes. The LOCHI study includes more than 450 deaf and hard of hearing Australian children whose hearing losses were identified variously through newborn hearing screening or later paths to confirmation and intervention.
resultsSeventy-two percent of the screened group received hearing aid fitting before 6 months of age, which more than doubled the 32% in the non-screened group. On average, children who received earlier intervention achieved language at age 5 years commensurate with their typically developing peers. Children who do not have disabilities in addition to hearing loss and received their first cochlear implants before age 12 months achieved language scores within the range of typically developing peers.
conclusionNewborn hearing screening led to earlier intervention. Children who received earlier intervention achieved better outcomes than those who received later intervention.
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