Advances in understanding the many different genetic causes of childhood-onset hearing loss indicate that genomic testing could assist in treatment planning, including optimal timing of treatment.
This $235,000 annual, 4-year grant, starting April 1st, 2020, will allocate funding for the establishment of a statewide LEAD-K Family Services that includes Parent Mentor support (Parentlinks) and Individual Family Service Plan (IFSP)-related services, specifically Deaf Coach services.
Due to an identified genetic predisposition, some babies can develop irreversible hearing loss when exposed to gentamicin, an antibiotic used to treat several types of bacterial infections.
Recognized internationally for his pioneering work in the field of pediatric audiology, Richard Seewald, a professor emeritus in the School of Communication Sciences and Disorders, was awarded an honorary Doctor of Science.
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The $15,000 award covers the period beginning June through May of the following year in order to help support the student’s educational needs in pursuing a career in pediatric audiology.
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The new OtoRead combines comprehensive DPOAE and TEOAE testing and offers diagnostic testing across a wide range of frequencies.
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The Family Centered Care panel is led by a select expert circle which believes that in order to provide optimal patient consulting and treatment, audiological care must shift to emphasize both patient and family involvement during the entire treatment process as a means to enhance the value of hearing care services.
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A soccer camp event, which is being hosted by Phonak, a provider of hearing solutions, and Bundesliga youth team player Simon Ollert, will take place in Ettal, Upper Bavaria, Germany over five days (June 14–18), Phonak announced.
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Hear the World Foundation—a nonprofit founded by Sonova that helps disadvantaged people with hearing loss—announced Hannah Dorothy, a third-year doctoral student in audiology at East Carolina University, as the recipient of the 2017/18 Judith Gravel Fellowship in Pediatric Audiology.
Read MoreDonna Geffner, PhD, says that if we wait until age 7 or 8 to intervene on behalf of children with auditory processing disorders, we are denying them the benefits of early intervention, remediation, treatment, and the right to a free appropriate public education (FAPE).
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Tele-audiology for infant diagnostic audiological evaluations can be performed with available equipment/systems.
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