Interview with Dr Michael Cohen, Pediatric Otolaryngologist at Massachusetts Eye and Ear
Long-term management of pediatric sensorineural hearing loss.
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Masks May Not Impede Early Language Development
A team of psychology researchers observed that young children produce the same amount of language whether or not they are wearing masks.
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Deaf Infants May Engage Less in Non-verbal Communication Predicting Language Development
The findings, published in the journal “Pediatrics,” suggest that access to sound is important not just for learning spoken language through imitation but for the non-linguistic use of sound that hearing parents intuitively rely on to regulate the back and forth of early interactions.
Household Chemical Use May Be Linked to Child Language Delays
Young children from low-income homes whose mothers reported frequent use of toxic chemicals such as household cleaners were more likely to show delays in language development by age 2, a new study found.
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Babies May Try to Imitate Singing, Study Shows
By Laura Arenschield, Senior Science Writer, Ohio State University Researchers — and parents —...
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Pediatric Hearing Loss May Lead to Changes in Brain’s Sound Processing
Researchers say that the findings may have implications for how babies are screened for hearing loss and how mild-to-moderate hearing loss in children is managed by healthcare providers.
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Australian Child’s Hearing Loss Databank Can Help Researchers Worldwide
The Victorian Childhood Hearing Impairment Longitudinal Databank, which has collected information for eight years, is featured in the latest ”International Journal of Epidemiology.”
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Phonak Launches Sky Marvel for Children
The Sky M was designed and engineered to provide pediatric wearers “the best hearing solution possible for optimal speech and language development as well as speech intelligibility and ease of use,” according to the company’s announcement.
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Marvel 2.0 Makes RogerDirect Available in All Phonak Marvel Hearing Aids
The new portfolio includes the Phonak Audéo™ M-RT, said to be “the world’s only all-in-one hearing aid combining direct connectivity with iOS and Android, T-coil, and rechargeability,” according to Phonak.
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FDA Approves Med-El Cochlear Implant Systems for SSD and Asymmetric Hearing Loss
This is reportedly “the first and only time” that cochlear implants have been approved for these indications in the United States.
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Ida Institute’s ‘Growing Up with Hearing Loss’ Tool Adds New Chapter on Infants and Toddlers
The renamed tool is an update of the Ida Institute’s popular ‘Transitions Management’ tool that focuses on significant times of change in the life of a child with hearing loss.
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Oticon Introduces Opn Play
Oticon announces Opn Play, a new child-friendly hearing solution, that is said to “improve speech understanding in simple and complex listening environments and provides access to multiple speakers, without reducing environmental sounds important to incidental learning and safety.”
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Huawei Australia Launches Sign Language Translation App, StorySign
StorySign uses Huawei’s AI (Artifical Intelligence) to create what’s said to be an “authentic reading experience,” helping to open the world of books to deaf children and their families.
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Research and Developments in Communication Disorders to Be Presented at ASHA Convention November 15-17
Roughly 18,000 audiologists, speech-language pathologists, and related professionals will gather in Boston this week to hear and present the latest research and best practices to identify, manage, and treat these disorders at the American Speech-Language-Hearing Association’s (ASHA) 2018 Annual Convention.
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Nonprofit Organizations Join Forces to Donate Cochlear Implants to Vietnamese Children
The Global Foundation for Children with Hearing Loss, a United States-based nonprofit organization, and the Swiss Hear the World Foundation have joined forces to enable 10 Vietnamese children in need with significant hearing loss to hear and speak.
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Study Challenges Evolution of How Humans Acquired Language
A gene implicated in affecting speech and language, FOXP2, is held up as a “textbook” example of positive selection on a human-specific trait.
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New Research Looks at Educational Disparities in Native Users of ASL
A new study of the educational needs of students who are native users of American Sign Language (ASL) shows glaring disparities in their treatment by the US Department of Education.
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NIDCD Announces Retirement of Director Jim Battey
On June 1, Battey will retire as the director of the NIDCD, the governmental organization announced. He has been a dedicated public servant for 35 years, according to the NIDCD, joining the National Institutes of Health (NIH) in 1983.
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