19th ANNUAL EARLY HEARING DETECTION & INTERVENTION MEETING
March 8-10, 2020 • Kansas City, MO
Discrepancies Between Parental Reports and Datalogging Reports of Hearing Aid Use for Children in a Diverse, Underserved Demographic: Identifying Factors to Facilitate Better Counseling Methods
Approximately 15% of children with hearing loss use their hearing aids less than 30 minutes per day (Wolfe et al., 2013). Several factors have been found to influence the amount of time children use their hearing aids including child’s age, age of diagnosis, and degree and laterality of hearing loss (Gustafson et al., 2019; Moeller et al., 2009; Walker et al., 2013). Studies suggest that parents of pediatric hearing aid users reportedly overestimate their child's hearing aid use time by about 2 to 3 hours per day when compared to data logging records (Walker et al., 2013). This study will examine the unique population of the RFK Children’s Evaluation and Rehabilitation Center, which is a multidisciplinary clinic that specializes in the diagnosis and treatment of children with intellectual and developmental disabilities. Located in the Bronx, NY, residents live in one of the most diverse, underserved, and youngest urban populations in the US where 42% of households with children younger than 18 years of age are living below the poverty level. To date, there is limited research documenting factors that influence the discrepancies found between a parent/caregiver’s estimation of their child’s hearing aid use time compared to objective measures, such as data logging technology, in this diverse demographic. A goal of this study is to determine which factors generate discrepancies between the two, by examining data logging results and results obtained from a parent/caregiver survey regarding hearing aid use. We anticipate that this information will facilitate better counseling methods for audiologists working with a diverse pediatric population in order to improve hearing aid use and patient/family-centered care practices.
- To identify factors that lead to discrepancies between data logging records and parent reports of pediatric hearing aid use time
- To determine which factors negatively affect daily hearing aid use in a diverse population of pediatric hearing aid users
- To facilitate better counseling methods that address these factors to improve hearing aid use and patient/family-centered care practices
Poster:
21060_12704ErinRoach.pdf
Presenter: Erin Roach
Erin is in her final year of the Au.D. program at the Montclair State University. She is currently completing her externship at Albert Einstein College of Medicine/ Montefiore Medical Center, where she is a LEND trainee.
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Sophie is in her final year of the Au.D. program at the CUNY Graduate Center. She is currently completing her externship at Albert Einstein College of Medicine/ Montefiore Medical Center, where she is a LEND trainee.
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Patricia is in her final year of the Au.D. program at the CUNY Graduate Center. She is currently completing her externship at Albert Einstein College of Medicine/ Montefiore Medical Center, where she is a LEND trainee.
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Melanie Rosenthal, AuD is a pediatric audiologist Rose F. Kennedy Children's Evaluation and Rehabilitation Center at Montefiore Medical Center in the Bronx, NY. She is the training director for the LEND Audiology Supplemental grant and is faculty at Albert Einstein College of Medicine.
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No relevant financial relationship exist.
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