Googly from down under: hearing impairment and early intervention

Googly from down under: hearing impairment and early intervention

The article published in this issue of Archives by Wake and colleagues 4 claims to show that the age of diagnosis was not a relevant factor in dictating outcome as measured by speech and language assessment in this study carried out in Victoria State, Australia. The mean age of diagnosis (1.8 years)...

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Veröffentlicht in:Archives of disease in childhood 2005-03, Vol.90 (3), p.221-222
Hauptverfasser: Das, V K, Das, R V
Format: Artikel
Sprache:eng
Schlagworte:
Age
age factors
Auditory Evaluation
Child
child language
Children & youth
cohort studies
Deafness
Early Intervention
Hearing aids
Hearing Disorders - diagnosis
Hearing Impairments
Hearing loss
Hearing Tests - methods
Humans
Language Acquisition
Longitudinal Studies
Medical screening
Neonates
reading
Studies
Victoria
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Zusammenfassung:The article published in this issue of Archives by Wake and colleagues 4 claims to show that the age of diagnosis was not a relevant factor in dictating outcome as measured by speech and language assessment in this study carried out in Victoria State, Australia. The mean age of diagnosis (1.8 years), hearing aid fitting (1.9 years), and early intervention programme (2 years) are all later than what would be possible following a universal newborn hearing screening programme.
ISSN:0003-9888
1468-2044
DOI:10.1136/adc.2004.055137