15th ANNUAL EARLY HEARING DETECTION & INTERVENTION MEETING
March 13-15, 2016 • San Diego, CA
2/22/2011 | 1:45 PM - 2:45 PM | Topical Session 6 | Juniper (M2) | 2 - Audiological Services
Unilateral Hearing Loss Caused by CMV
Unilateral hearing loss occurrs in about 53% of children with hearing loss resulting from clinically inapparent CMV and in 35% of children with CMV symptoms and disease apparent in the newborn period. Progression of unilateral HL is observed in 40% of asymptomatic infants and 52% 0f symptomatic infants. This presentation will describe additional characteristics of unilateral hearing loss caused by CMV, management strategies, parent counseling, and intervention considerations.
- Participants will be able to: Describe unilateral HL associated with CMV. Describe types of congenital CMV infection. Describe audiological protocols and intervention strategies for unilateral HL caused by CMV. Describe protocols for counseling parents of children with HL caused by CMV.
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Faye McCollister
(POC,Primary Presenter), NCHAM, fmc901@earthlink.net;
Faye P. McCollister, EdD, CCC-A, has authored articles on hearing loss associated with congenital cytomegalovirus, low birth weight, unilateral hearing loss, and Downs Syndrome. She is Professor Emeritus at the University of Alabama. She is an audiology consultant for the National Center for Hearing Assessment and Management Technical Assistance Network and for the UAB collaborative studies regarding congenital CMV and hearing loss. Dr. McCollister has extensive pediatric audiology experience and experience in early intervention with families and their infants and young children with hearing loss.
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Karen Fowler
(Co-Presenter), UAB Dept. of Pediatrics, kfowler@uab.edu;
Karen B. Fowler, DrPH, is a professor in the Department of Pediatrics at the UAB School of Medicine. Her research focuses on the epidemiology of maternal and congenital cytomegalovirus infections and CMV-related hearing loss in children. She is co-director of a multicenter study of CMV infection and hearing loss.
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