18th ANNUAL EARLY HEARING DETECTION & INTERVENTION MEETING
March 3-5, 2019 • Chicago, IL
Examining Relationships Between Daily Hearing Aid Use and Language Outcomes in Infants and Toddlers
The Outcomes of Children with Hearing Loss (OCHL) study has examined variables of hearing aid use that are related to language outcomes. The study has found that the amount of daily hearing aid use does have an important influence on the development of language during the preschool years, ages 2-6 (Tomblin et al, 2015). Other research has affirmed that audibility provided by hearing aids influences language outcomes in children, however, this can only be realized if children wear their hearing aids on a consistent basis (Walker, 2015). There is very little research to determine how wear time during the first two-years of life impacts language outcomes. The current study evaluates the relationship between datalogging obtained from infants’ amplification devices at 9 months of age and infants’ language growth, calculated by the change in number of words produced on the MacArthur Bates Communicative Development Inventories (MBCDI) Sentences and Syntax from 16 months to 24 and 30 months of age. Outcomes of this study will be used to educate audiologists and parents on the importance of consistent hearing technology use in early infancy.
- Importance of consistent hearing technology use
- Language outcomes using the MBCDI at 16, 24, and 30 months
- How use of hearing technology can impact language outcomes
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Presenter: Tammy Fredrickson
Tammy has a background as a clinical pediatric audiologist. She is currently the director of audiology clinical education at the University of Colorado at Boulder.
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Emily Claire Nightengale, B.A., is a fourth year audiology extern at Children’s Hospital Colorado. She completed her undergraduate degree and is currently pursuing her doctorate of audiology through the University of Colorado in Boulder. Emily enjoys working with professionals from other disciplines to determine the best way to serve patients who have multiple diagnoses.
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Kristin Uhler is an Associate Professor in the Department of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation and Chair of Audiology, Speech Pathology, and Learning Services; Kelley Family/Schlessman Family Scottish Rite Masons Chair in Childhood Language Disorders; and Co-Chair Bill Daniels Center for Children’s Hearing at Children’s Hospital Colorado. Her research aims to decrease the age at which speech perception can be assessed by developing a biomarker of infant speech perception in infants with and without hearing loss and exploring how speech perception relates to later language development. She has successfully completed several research grants and projects and is currently a recipient of a mentored K23 grant funded through the National Institute of Health/ National Institute on Deafness and other Communication Disorders. A practicing audiologist since 2000, she strives to standardize protocols in support of good clinical practices locally and nationally.
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