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.
Author Margaret Glenney, MA, poses the question: Given what we now know about hearing, listening, learning, and childhood development—along with the most common learning disorders—doesn’t it make sense for audiologists to be more involved in the assessment of auditory competence and development of children manifesting developmental delays?
Northern Illinois University (NIU) announced that Mohammad Moghimi received the Early Career Research (ECR) Award from the National Institute on Deafness and Other Communication Disorders (NIDCD) to develop a novel pediatric hearing aid.
PEDMARK is said to be an investigational drug for the prevention of ototoxicity induced by cisplatin chemotherapy in patients one month to <18 years of age with localized, non-metastatic, solid tumors.
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Phonak’s expanded Marvel portfolio will be available in various countries around the globe over the coming weeks and pre-orders in the US began on February 19.
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A new Texas state bill will allow deaf or hard of hearing children on Medicaid to receive...
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Poll respondents reported that parents are waiting too long—years, in some cases—before acting on early warning signs that their children may have communication disorders. By a wide margin, lack of awareness of the warning signs was cited as the leading barrier to overcome.
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During the third trimester of pregnancy, babies start to hear the “prosody” or rhythm and melody of their mother’s voices, which becomes a early “guide” to interpreting sounds and speech rhythm as they learn to speak.
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Dr Flexer is an expert in the development and expansion of listening, speaking, and literacy skills in infants and children, including those with all degrees of hearing loss.
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An introduction to the October 2019 special edition of The Hearing Review about unilateral hearing loss (UHL) in its many forms.
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It is now indisputable that we have sufficient data from academic and laboratory settings, parents, teachers, and children with UHL themselves to support the concept that these losses put children at risk for psychoeducational and related difficulties. However, we still cannot predict which children with UHL will have such problems, or which management approaches might best assist them with their listening and learning problems. Anne Marie Tharpe presents current perspectives on UHL in children.
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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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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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Oticon announced the arrival of new adult and pediatric power hearing aids as well as a new CROS/BiCROS hearing solution to the Oticon Velox S family.
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Swift succeeds Renée Davis who is retiring after 13 years as Executive Director. Davis now serves as the Senior Executive Advisor for the Center and leads the current Capital Campaign to build a new state-of-the art facility that is projected to open early Fall 2020 in the Texas Medical Center (TMC).
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According to AG Bell, more than 400 hearing health and education professionals from 40 countries gathered to share information on the latest research and findings related to hearing loss and spoken language development, as well as the latest advancements in hearing technology.
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Swift succeeds Renée Davis who is retiring after 13 years as Executive Director. Davis now serves as the Senior Executive Advisor for the Center and leads the current Capital Campaign to build a new state-of-the art facility that is projected to open early Fall 2020 in the Texas Medical Center (TMC).
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According to AG Bell, more than 400 hearing health and education professionals from 40 countries gathered to share information on the latest research and findings related to hearing loss and spoken language development, as well as the latest advancements in hearing technology.
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