2023 Early Hearing Detection & Intervention Conference
March 5-7, 2023 • Cincinnati, OH
3/07/2023 | 3:00 PM - 3:30 PM | Factors Impacting Language Outcomes of Children with Unilateral Hearing Loss: A Multi-State Perspective | DECC 232
Factors Impacting Language Outcomes of Children with Unilateral Hearing Loss: A Multi-State Perspective
School-aged children with unilateral hearing loss are at three to five times higher risk for academic and/or speech-language delays when compared to hearing peers. It is unclear when these delays are first apparent or what factors are associated with an increased risk of delay. In this presentation, we will describe the demographic characteristics and language outcomes of children birth to 3 years of age with unilateral hearing loss. In addition, we will examine factors (such as amount of intervention, use of hearing technology, degree of hearing loss in the affected ear, right vs. left ear reduced hearing levels, language of the home, and parents’ level of education) that may be predictive of more successful language outcomes. This information will be based on language assessments from over 200 children, 1 to 36 months of age, living in 11 different states that are participating in the Outcomes and Developmental Data Assistance Center for EHDI Programs (ODDACE).
- Describe the language outcomes of children birth to 3 years of age with unilateral hearing loss
- List factors associated with higher language outcomes in children with unilateral loss
- Identify factors that place some children with unilateral loss at higher risk for language delay
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Presenters/Authors
Allison Sedey
(), University of Colorado-Boulder, Allison.Sedey@colorado.edu;
Allison Sedey is a speech pathologist, audiologist, and research associate. She works at the University of Colorado-Boulder and the Colorado School for the Deaf and the Blind and is currently the director of the Outcomes and Developmental Data Assistance Center for EHDI Programs (ODDACE) supported by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. The purpose of this center is to expand public health capacity to gather, analyze, and use intervention and developmental outcome data of children who are deaf or hard of hearing between birth and 5 years of age throughout the United States. The center aims to increase our understanding of factors that impact the outcomes of children who are deaf or hard of hearing at the state and national level.
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Christine Yoshinaga-Itano
(), University of Colorado-Boulder, Christie.Yoshi@colorado.edu;
Dr. Christine Yoshinaga-Itano is a Research Professor in the Institute of Cognitive Science at the University of Colorado-Boulder, the Department of Otolaryngology and Audiology at the University of Colorado-Denver and the Marion Downs Center. In 1996 she developed the Marion Downs National Center. Since 1996, Dr. Yoshinaga-Itano has assisted many state departments of education and public health agencies, schools for the deaf and the blind, and early intervention programs throughout the United States and its territories. In addition, she has served as a consultant for many countries currently developing their early hearing detection and intervention programs, including the United Kingdom, Canada, Australia, New Zealand, Japan, China, Korea, Belgium, Poland, Spain, Austria, Denmark, Sweden, Norway, the Netherlands, Mexico, Chile, Argentina, Brazil, Thailand, the Philippines, and South Africa.
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