Screening For Infant Hearing Problems
Main Category: Hearing / DeafnessAlso Included In: Pediatrics / Children's Health
Article Date: 29 Sep 2009 - 0:00 PDT
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Infants and children who suffer from congenital or acquired hearing loss can face a lifetime of speech and language deficits, poor academic performance and emotional problems. In the clinical report, "Hearing Assessment in Infants and Children: Recommendations Beyond Neonatal Screening," researchers have developed an algorithm to assist pediatricians determine the course of treatment when a hearing screening indicates hearing loss in children from infants to 18 years of age.
Confirmed abnormal hearing test results require ongoing evaluation and intervention by a team of specialists including an audiologist, otolaryngologist, speech-language pathologists and teachers. At least one-third of children with hearing loss will also have a coexisting condition, so they should continue to be monitored for developmental and behavioral disorders and referred for additional evaluation when necessary.
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American Academy of Pediatrics
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posted by Dee on 30 Sep 2009 at 8:38 amThis article is very insensitive to people with disabilities and is very culturally INcompetent. Having perfectly clear speech is not the be all end all to a good life. I know many people with CP, MS, or who are D/deaf or hard of hearing, and all lead rich, full, productive lives, WITHOUT emotional problems or other social deficits. They all are very intelligent people and have non-perfect speech.
They may communicate with American Sign Language, or by electronic devices, or through written text (email, IM, texting, written notes, etc), but their speech patterns--or choice to not speak at all--in no way interferes with their lives. These authors need to get out of their labs and exam rooms and meet people from these wonderful populations. They will learn a lot.
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