Objective: The objective of this investigation was to describe the language growth of children
with severe or profound hearing loss with cochlear implants versus those children with the …

Objectives: Amplification is a core component of early intervention for children who are hard
of hearing, but hearing aids (HAs) have unique effects that may be independent from other …

Objective. To compare the language abilities of earlier-and later-identified deaf and hard-of-
hearing children. Method. We compared the receptive and expressive language abilities of …

Purpose Despite advances in cochlear implant and hearing aid technology, many children
with hearing loss continue to exhibit poorer language skills than their hearing peers. This …

BACKGROUND It has long been recognized that unidentified hearing loss at birth can
adversely affect speech and language development as well as academic achievement and …

This article provides a review of the topic of treatment efficacy for children with hearing loss.
Efficacy is related to a wide range of treatment goals in the areas of sensory and perceptual …

Background Universal newborn hearing screening (UNHS) targets moderate or greater
hearing loss. However, UNHS also frequently detects children with mild loss that results in …

Childhood hearing loss impacts almost all areas of child development: speech and
language, psychosocial, and psychoeducational development, among others. The earlier …

Importance Hearing loss (HL) in children can be deleterious to their speech and language
development. The standard of practice has been early provision of hearing aids (HAs) to …

Background: Better language outcomes are reported for preschool children with hearing
impairment (HI) diagnosed very early, irrespective of severity. However, population studies …