Early Identification of Hearing Loss and Language Development at 32 Months of Age

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• Alternative Title:
  J Otorhinolaryngol Hear Balanc Med
• Personal Author:
  Harris, Anne B. ; Seeliger, Elizabeth ; Hess, Christi ; Sedey, Allison L. ; Kristensen, Kayla ; Lee, Yen ; Chung, Winnie
• Description:
  This study examines the relationship between the early identification of hearing loss and language outcomes for deaf/hard of hearing (D/HH) children, with bilateral or unilateral hearing loss and with or without additional disabilities. It was hypothesized that hearing loss identified by 3 months of age would be associated with better language outcomes. Using a prospective, longitudinal design, 86 families completed developmental instruments at two time points: at an average age of 14.8 months and an average age of 32.1 months. Multiple regression examined how hearing loss identified by 3 months of age contributed to later language outcomes while controlling for developmental level at the first time point. Hearing loss identified by 3 months of age was positively associated with better language outcomes for D/HH children at 32 months of age; however, D/HH children still exhibited language delays, compared to normative scores for same-aged hearing peers for reported measures. Language outcomes of children with unilateral hearing loss were not better than those of children with mild-to-moderate bilateral hearing loss. Children with additional disabilities and more severe bilateral hearing loss had lower language scores than those without.
• Keywords:
  Early Hearing Diagnosis Expressive Vocabulary Hearing Loss Language
• Source:
  J Otorhinolaryngol Hear Balanc Med. 3(4)
• Pubmed ID:
  37193373
• Pubmed Central ID:
  PMC10174220
• Document Type:
  Journal Article
• Funding:
  CC999999/ImCDC/Intramural CDC HHSUnited States/ ; U01 DD001007/DD/NCBDD CDC HHSUnited States/ ; U19 DD001218/DD/NCBDD CDC HHSUnited States/
• Volume:
  3
• Issue:
  4
• Collection(s):
  CDC Public Access
• Main Document Checksum:
  urn:sha-512:5516cea284053833b08cd1afc15b5973536282c8478b7ddf8de3ca5098cdfc37f9ea0c9888fb71cd69400bae1b0b89a80e4a5f3b0bc3dc58a2a77bfecb75fb69
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