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ArticlePerspectives of the ASHA special interest groups2022

Barriers to Equity in Pediatric Hearing Health Care: A Review of the Evidence.

Sarah Kingsbury, Nicole Khvalabov, Jonathan Stirn, Cara Held, Stephanie M Fleckenstein, Kristi Hendrickson, Elizabeth A Walker

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Article in Perspectives of the ASHA special interest groups, 2022. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 14 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.

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14citing papers in PubMed, 1 pooled it
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1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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The abstract states no effect estimate the extractor could read, or names no intervention and outcome on the map, so this paper lights no cell and moves no belief. It is still indexed, cited and linked below.

2 · The registry

The trial behind it

Trials whose registry record cites this paper, or whose number appears in the abstract. A trial that started after this paper was published is citing it as background, not reporting it.

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

14 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it, 30 citations in OpenAlex.

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  5. Hearing and early life adversity: effects of developmental stress on sensory processing.Neuropsychopharmacology : official publication of the American College of Neuropsychopharmacology · 2026
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  7. Characteristics of Hearing Aid Use in Adolescents Who Are Deaf and Hard of Hearing.Language, speech, and hearing services in schools · 2025
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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

7 authors at 1 institution in 1 country.

Sarah KingsburyDepartment of Communication Sciences and Disorders, The University of Iowa, Iowa City.
Nicole KhvalabovDepartment of Communication Sciences and Disorders, The University of Iowa, Iowa City.
Jonathan StirnDepartment of Communication Sciences and Disorders, The University of Iowa, Iowa City.
Cara HeldDepartment of Communication Sciences and Disorders, The University of Iowa, Iowa City.
Stephanie M FleckensteinDepartment of Communication Sciences and Disorders, The University of Iowa, Iowa City.
Kristi HendricksonDepartment of Communication Sciences and Disorders, The University of Iowa, Iowa City.
Elizabeth A WalkerDepartment of Communication Sciences and Disorders, The University of Iowa, Iowa City.ORCID 0000-0002-9717-8424
University of Iowa · US

Funding

Factors associated with reading comprehension in adolescents who are hard of hearingR01DC019081 · NIDCD · UNIVERSITY OF IOWA · PI WALKER, ELIZABETH A. · 2021 to 2025
$3.9M
Word recognition in dual language learners: The mechanisms underlying listening and reading in two languagesR03HD102404 · NICHD · UNIVERSITY OF IOWA · PI HENDRICKSON, KRISTI · 2021 to 2022
$165k
NICHD NIH HHS R03 HD102404NIDCD NIH HHS R01 DC019081
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Purpose: We review the evidence regarding barriers to hearing health care for children who are deaf or hard of hearing. Background: There are considerable data to suggest that hearing health care disparities constitute a major factor in loss to follow-up or documentation for children going through the Early Hearing Detection and Intervention process. Families are affected by a combination of factors underlying these disparities, resulting in delayed care and suboptimal developmental outcomes for children who are deaf or hard of hearing. Conclusions: To address the socioeconomic, cultural, and linguistic inequities seen in the diagnosis and management of childhood hearing loss, pediatric audiologists and speech-language pathologists have a responsibility to provide culturally responsive practice to their individual clients and their families, as well as advocate for substantive changes at the policy level that impact their clients' daily lives.

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PMID36275486
PMCPMC9585532
OpenAlexW4206593726

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