4/8 Infants and Toddlers Who Have Hearing Loss Flashcards
What are the risk factors for hearing loss in infants and toddlers?
- Family history
- Low birth weight
- Low Apgar scores
- In utero infection
- Ototoxic medications
- Ventilator use for more than five days
- Craniofacial anomalies
- Syndrome
- Meningitis
- Hyperbilirubinemia
T/F: 3 children per 1000 have sensorineural hearing loss as a birth defect?
true
T/F: An additional six per 1000 children acquire sensorinueral hearing loss as a birth defect by school-age
true
When looking at pre-lingual hearing loss, what age range is critical for speech & language dev.?
Birth - 3 years
What does UNHS stand for?
Universal Newborn Hearing Screening
What is the protocol for the Universal Newborn Hearing Screening ?
Pass or Refer
False-negative pass screening, but has hearing loss
Refer for complete audiological exam –> False-positive fail screening, but pass exam
Discuss the research done by Yoshinaga-Itano et al., 1998, 2001
Four of five identified via UNHS
When hearing loss identified by six months or age or younger, they experience better language, speech, and social-emotional skills
Better language means less parental stress
Language similar to nonverbal cognitive development
Language development –> Low to average through five years of age
When evaluating hearing, what is the method dependent upon?
The child’s age
How many times should we do follow-up testing?
- 2 - 4 times /year
Who counsels parents about test results?
Aud
What are non-behavioral testing?
Otoscopy
Tympanometry
Acoustic Reflex
Auditory Brainstem Response
Otoacoustic Emission
What does ABR stand for? & what does this include?
Auditory Brainstem Response
Electrophysiological that elicits brainwave activity
What is the most comprehensive test for identifying infants?
Auditory Brainstem Response
Who is ABR performed on?
Sleeping children
What is ABR measured in terms of?
Latency
Within ABR, what does wave V correlates to ______ to ______HZ?
1500 - 4000 Hz
What does OAE stand for?
Otoacoustic Emissions
What does OAE include?
- Spontaneously emitted sound
- Screen for newborns other than audiologist
- Pass/Refer
- Tests 2000, 3000, 4000, and 5000 Hz
- Record OAEs for hearing better than 30 to 40 dB
What is BOA? & What is another name for BOA?
- Behavioral Observation Audiometry
- Auditory Behavior Index (ABI)
What does BOA include?
- Observation of child’s response to sound
- Does not test hearing threshold
- Responses vary amongst babies
- Habituation to sound
What does VRA stand for? What does this encompass?
- Visual Reinforcement Audiometry
- Six months to two and one-half years of age
- Able to obtain individual ear information
- Based on operant-conditioned response
T/F: VRA includes the observation of child’s natural tendency to turn to sound?
True & Spontaneous head turn positively reinforced
What does CPA stand for? & what type of behavior will we observe?
- Conditioned Play Audiometry
- “Wait & listen” behavior
When is the prenatal onset?
Occurs before birth