American Academy of Audiology Position Statement on Early Identification of Cytomegalovirus in Newborns
This position statement is endorsed by the American Cochlear Implant Alliance and the National CMV Foundation. The American Academy of Audiology recommends early identification of congenital cytomegalovirus (cCMV) through screening to allow for appropriate early diagnosis, intervention, and monitoring for congenital, progressive, and delayed-onset hearing loss in infants with cCMV.
Clinical Practice Guideline: Tympanostomy Tubes in Children (Update)
Developed by the American Academy of Otolaryngology–Head and Neck Surgery. Endorsed by the American Academy of Audiology.
Clinical Guidance Document: Assessment of Hearing in Infants and Young Children
This clinical guidance document describes recommended practices for the assessment of auditory function in children. The most appropriate protocol will be individualized for each child based on their developmental and/or chronological age and other relevant factors.
2012 Audiologic Guidelines for the Assessment of Hearing in Infants and Young Children
This document has been retired and replaced by 2020 Clinical Guidance Document: Assessment of Hearing in Infants and Young Children.
Clinical Practice Guidelines: Childhood Hearing Screening
The American Academy of Audiology endorses detection of hearing loss in early childhood and school-aged populations using evidence-based hearing screening methods. Hearing loss is the most common developmental disorder identifiable at birth and its prevalence increases throughout school-age due to the additions of late-onset, late identified and acquired hearing loss.
Audiology Clinical Practice Algorithms and Statements
The Joint Audiology Committee on Clinical Practice Algorithms and Statements was established to achieve consensus and identify areas in which common policy for the entire profession would benefit recipients of care and to define clinical practice patterns and guidelines by the American Speech-Language-Hearing Association, additional relevant positions and products of the American Academy of Audiology, and the goal of the US Department of Veterans Affairs to establish clinical guidelines including step-by-step decision trees called clinical algorithms.
Identification of Hearing Loss and Middle-Ear Dysfunction in Children
This document has been retired. See 2020 “Clinical Guidance Document Assessment of Hearing in Infants and Young Children”; Clinical Practice Guideline: Tympanostomy Tubes in Children (Update), developed by the American Academy of Otolaryngology–Head and Neck Surgery and endorsed by the American Academy of Audiology.
Audiologic Guidelines for the Diagnosis and Treatment of Otitis Media in Children
This document has been retired. See 2022 Clinical Practice Guideline: Tympanostomy Tubes in Children (Update) developed by the American Academy of Otolaryngology–Head and Neck Surgery and endorsed by the American Academy of Audiology.
