Bilateral Hearing Loss

Get to Know a New Class of Audiologists

It is estimated that two to three of every 1,000 children in the United States are born with some degree of hearing loss and that more will acquire hearing loss later in childhood, according to the National Institutes of Health. The passage of the Newborn and Infant Hearing Screening Act of 1999 and the adoption of universal newborn hearing screenings in many states, in conjunction with early-intervention services, changed lives and outcomes for many children.

Topic(s): Students, Hearing Loss, Bilateral Hearing Loss, Hearing Aids, mastoidectomy, Acoustic, Psychology, cochlear phone clip, cochlear mini-microphone, Academia, Education

Author(s):

Dayle Paustian

Publication Issue: Audiology Today September/October 2019

JAAA Latest Fast Track Articles—August 20, 2019

ACAE CORNER | Practicing Preventive Audiology: Promoting Healthy Hearing

Case scenario 1...a 30-something audiologist completed a routine diagnostic assessment of a 35-year-old patient referred by her primary-care physician for rather vague complaints of inconsistent difficulty hearing in certain settings.

The audiologist performed tympanometry, pure-tone audiometry, and phonetically-balanced (PB) word recognition testing at a comfortable loudness level. The patient’s history was unremarkable for any obvious etiologies or risks for hearing loss, although she enjoyed listening to loud music.

Topic(s): Audiologist, Audiogram, Bilateral Hearing Loss, Patient care

Author(s):

James W. Hall III

Publication Issue: Audiology Today March/April 2019

JAAA Editorial: Time is the Enemy

Vol. 30, No. 2 (February 2019)
Gary P. Jacobson, Ph.D.
Editor-in-Chief, Journal of the American Academy of Audiology

EHDI and Vocabulary

Until recently, no studies have examined vocabulary outcomes of children with hearing loss that have met all three components of the EHDI guidelines: