Federal funding cuts to hearing health programs and research threaten innovation, access, and outcomes in audiology care, with especially dire consequences for vulnerable populations and early childhood intervention.
The study of 81 babies, assessed at three to seven months and again at seven to 21 months, shows hearing aid use was low compared to the number of hours an infant is expected to be awake. Mean hearing aid use as a percentage of waking hours was 73% in the first few months of life falling to 44% when the babies were a little older, reported the study, published in “Ear and Hearing.”
Lichtenhan and colleagues have now used the new test to detect early low-frequency hearing loss in an animal model of Meniere’s disease, a poorly understood condition characterized by hearing loss, tinnitus, and episodic vertigo.
Researchers from Ann & Robert H. Lurie Children’s Hospital of Chicago present further evidence that deaf children who received cochlear implants (implanted electronic hearing device) before 12 months of age learn to more rapidly understand spoken language and are more likely to develop spoken language as their exclusive form of communication.
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The GSI Novus is a hand-held, comprehensive newborn hearing screening instrument. The Novus features a touch screen display and intuitive software in a compact hardware design.
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Researchers at Cincinnati Children’s found that for newborns who fail initial hearing screenings at birth hospitals, targeted intervention helps improve follow-up rates by 70%, particularly for infants of low-income mothers.
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ASHA is asking for help in getting additional Senate cosponsors on legislation to reauthorize the Early Hearing Detection and Intervention (EHDI) Act (S. 2424). The extended bill would reauthorize the federal portion of this initiative for the next 5 years.
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Teresa Ching, PhD, head of hearing rehabilitation procedures research at the NAL in Australia, gave the 10th Annual Marion Downs lecture, “Population Outcomes of Children with Hearing Loss: Early Treatment is Critical but Not Sufficient” on April 15, 2016 at AudiologyNOW! in Phoenix.
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Experts discuss improving outcomes for children who are deaf or hard of hearing at Friends of Hearing Caucus Briefing Luncheon in Washington, DC on June 11, 2015.
Read MoreUniversity of the Pacific is launching the second of only two audiology doctorate programs in California, aiming to confer 22 doctorate degrees per year.
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