Exam 13: Detection and Confirmation of Hearing Loss in Children

When parents learn in the newborn nursery that their baby has hearing loss, the stages of grief are lessened as compared to those of parents who learn of a hearing loss later in a young child's life.

Match the co-occurring conditions with their syndrome : -Low birth weight, failure to thrive, mental retardation, wide-set eyes, recurrent otitis media, sensorineural hearing loss

In which hearing test might a child insert a peg into a pegboard each time they hear a tone or speech signal?

The Joint Committee on Infant Hearing (JNIH) recommends that infants diagnosed with hearing loss be enrolled in an early intervention program no later than 6 months.

ABRs can be used to determine how much residual hearing a child has beyond 90 dB nHL.

Cytomegalovirus is a member of the__________ family of viruses.

List five guidelines for breaking bad news to parents.

Match the co-occurring conditions with their syndrome : -Congenital anomaly of the osseous and membranous labyrinths, severe loss of hearing and vestibular function

Match the descriptions with their terms: -Requires only one parent to have the affected gene in order to pass a trait onto an offspring

Hearing loss is the most common birth defect in the United States.

Match the co-occurring conditions with their syndrome : -Premature closure of sutures, hypertension, downward displacement of eyeballs, mild to moderate conductive hearing loss

Cytomegalovirus usually causes serious illness.

Match the co-occurring conditions with their syndrome : -Characterized by progressive sensorineural hearing loss of delayed onset

The National Institutes of Health call for the identification of hearing loss to occur by what age?

List the six stages of grief that parents may pass through after learning about their baby's hearing loss.

What two events commonly trigger a parent or caregiver to bring a baby or young child for an audiological evaluation?

What is the most common cause of a conductive component of hearing loss?

List the four things the audiologist should do when confirming a child's hearing loss, and the four things the parent should leave with.

List five risk factors associated with hearing loss in babies.

Nearly 40% of children who have hearing loss have an additional disability.