Rehabilitation of Hearing-Impaired Children: Intervention and Outcome

Hearing aid and cochlear implant use in children with hearing loss at three years of age: Predictors of use and predictors of changes in use

“…This finding is consistent with previous studies (Walker et al 2013; Vesterager & Parving 1995). Children with mild hearing loss tend to use hearing aids less often than those with more severe loss.…”

“…The degree of hearing loss has been shown consistently to affect hearing aid use in older children, with moderate to severe hearing losses associated with increased acceptance compared to those with milder loss (Walker et al 2013; Kiese-Himmel et al 2000; Marttila & Karikoski 2006; Vesterager & Parving 1995) Other factors that have been investigated in different studies to have positively influenced the daily use of hearing aids or cochlear implants include female gender (Marttila & Karikoski 2006), younger age of initial hearing aid fitting (Marttila & Karikoski 2006), younger age of cochlear implantation (Archbold et al 2009), lower levels of self-reported cochlear implant discomfort (Watson & Gregory 2005), oral communication mode (Archbold et al 2009), higher maternal level of education and centre of hearing aid fitting (Walker et al 2013). None of the previous studies investigated the extent to which these factors influence device usage in the same cohort.…”

Hearing aid use in Finnish children—impact of hearing loss variables and detection delay

“…In our unselected material, the children with hearing loss between 50 and 90 dB HL used their aids most regularly. This agrees with the figures reported by Vesterager and Parving [13].…”

“…Vesterager and Parving related hearing aid use to the severity of hearing-impairment in children. The ones with a hearing loss of 60-89 dB HL used their aids more regularly than those with milder or more profound hearing-impairments [13]. In our unselected material, the children with hearing loss between 50 and 90 dB HL used their aids most regularly.…”

“…the acquisition of aural-verbal communication. In this respect the degree of hearing loss severity is not an adequate tool [13,14]. By a timely and optimal amplification with preferably bilateral hearing aids in proper use we tried to alleviate the adverse effects of hearing-impairment on the acquisition of speech and language, academic achievement as well as social on and emotional development.…”