Age of suspicion, identification, and intervention for infants and young children with hearing loss: A national study
Age of suspicion, identification, and intervention for infants and young children with hearing loss: A national study
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DOI：
10.1097/00003446-199602000-00007
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发表时间：
1996-02-01
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影响因子：
3.7
通讯作者：
Roush, J
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作者：
Harrison, M;Roush, J
目的：这项研究的目的是寻求一个全国范围内的观点，识别和干预的地位，婴幼儿听力loss.Design：三百三十一名父母，他们的孩子从婴儿期到5岁的年龄，返回了一个邮件调查，其中包括来自35个州的受访者。父母被要求报告怀疑的大致年龄，诊断，助听器安装和早期干预服务的启动。人口统计学信息，风险因素，如果已知的，延迟的原因也investigated.Results：结果显示父母的怀疑，听力学-医学诊断，安装声放大，并启动早期干预服务之间的实质性延迟;然而，延迟的模式是不同的儿童与已知的风险因素比那些没有已知的风险因素。识别和干预的中位年龄低于一些以前的调查报告，虽然相当大的范围内报告为每个category.Conclusions：识别和干预的中位年龄，虽然仍然高于最佳，可能会有所改善。需要进一步的研究来确定继续延迟幼儿听力损失及时管理的许多因素。
Objective: This study was designed to seek a nationwide perspective on the status of identification and intervention for infants and young children with hearing loss.Design: Three hundred thirty-one parents, whose children ranged from infancy to 5 yr of age, returned a mail survey that included respondents from 35 states. Parents were asked to report the approximate age of suspicion, diagnosis, hearing aid fitting, and initiation of early intervention services. Demographic information, risk factors, if known, and reasons for delay were also investigated.Results: Results revealed substantial delays between parental suspicion, audiologic-medical diagnosis, fitting of acoustic amplification, and initiation of early intervention services; however, the pattern of delay was different for children with known risk factors than it was for those without known risk factors. The median age of identification and intervention was lower than that reported by some previous investigators, although a considerable range was reported for each category.Conclusions: The median age of identification and intervention, although still higher than optimal, may be improving. Further research is needed to identify the many factors that continue to delay the timely management of hearing loss in young children.