Objectives: Deterioration in hearing thresholds in children is of concern due to the effect on
language development. Before universal newborn hearing screening (UNHS), accurate …

Materials and Methods: Thirty boys and girls aged 6-7 years participated in this study, all of
them had severe congenital sensorineural hearing loss in both ears. All children were using …

Levels of evidence differ according to the audience addressed. Implementation of universal
newborn hearing screening requires responses to a complex myriad of diverse groups: the …

BACKGROUND AND OBJECTIVES: Pragmatic language skills form the foundation for
conversational competence, whereas deficits in this area are associated with behavioral …

Family-centered early intervention for children with hearing loss is intended to strengthen
families' interactions with their children to support children's language development, and …

OBJECTIVES: Early intervention in hearing-impaired children may improve language
outcomes and subsequent school and occupational performance. The objective of this study …

Christine Yoshinaga-Itano are Despite the volume of research on speech development of
children with significant hearing loss, there many unanswered questions about how speech …

Background: Recent research has documented faster language acquisition when children
attend specialized preschool programs beginning at age 3 years. We hypothesized that if …

Newborn hearing screening has been widely implemented to improve outcomes for children
with permanent hearing loss. This study examined benefits beyond those typically measured …

THIS LONGITUDINAL STUDY explored the rate of language growth of children in an early
intervention program providing auditory-verbal therapy. A retrospective investigation, the …