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2. National Center for Hearing Assessment and Management

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   From 1993 to 1996, NCHAM directed a National Consortium for Newborn Hearing Screening that resulted in over 100 hospitals in 10 states implementing newborn hearing screening programs. [ 9 ] [ 10 ] [ 11 ] From 1996 to 2000, NCHAM staff worked with newborn hearing screening programs in 35 states and provided direct assistance to over 200 ...

3. Universal neonatal hearing screening - Wikipedia

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   Universal neonatal hearing screening (UNHS), which is part of early hearing detection and intervention (EHDI) programmes, refer to those services aimed at screening hearing of all newborns, regardless of the presence of a risk factor for hearing loss. UNHS is the first step in the EHDI program which indicates whether a newborn requires further ...

4. Marion Downs (audiologist) - Wikipedia

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   Marion Downs (January 26, 1914 – November 13, 2014) [1] was an American audiologist and professor emerita at the University of Colorado Health Sciences Center in Denver. She pioneered universal newborn hearing screening in the early 1960s and spent over 30 years advocating for its adoption in hospitals, as well as for the provision of hearing aids to infants displaying hearing loss. [2]

5. Audiology and hearing health professionals in developed and ...

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   When considering universal newborn hearing screenings, an important ethical requirement is the delivery of equitable access to all babies. However, due to lack of resources in some settings and communities, a more targeted hearing screening approach may serve as a good take-off point for universal newborn hearing screenings.

6. Aural rehabilitation - Wikipedia

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   Audiologists and speech-language pathologists are professionals who typically provide aural rehabilitation components. The audiologist may be responsible for the fitting, dispensing and management of a hearing device, counseling the client about his or her hearing loss, the application of certain processes to enhance communication, and the skills training regarding environmental modifications ...

7. Diagnosis of hearing loss - Wikipedia

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   An audiologist conducting an audiometric hearing test in a sound-proof testing booth. Identification of a hearing loss is usually conducted by a general practitioner medical doctor, otolaryngologist, certified and licensed audiologist, school or industrial audiometrist, or other audiometric technician.

8. Audiology - Wikipedia

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   They counsel families through a new diagnosis of hearing loss in infants, and help teach coping and compensation skills to late-deafened adults. They also help design and implement personal and industrial hearing safety programs, newborn hearing screening programs , [ 6 ] school hearing screening programs, and provide special or custom fitted ...

9. Congenital hearing loss - Wikipedia

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   A behind-the-ear hearing aid is often recommended for young children because it is safer and more easily fitted and adjusted as the child grows as compared to one that fits within the ear. Today a variety of good quality hearing aids are available – analog or digital body worn (for small children) or ear level for older children.