Hearing Problems in Children

Overviews

• Hearing Loss in Children(Centers for Disease Control and Prevention)
• Infant Hearing Loss(American Academy of Otolaryngology--Head and Neck Surgery)

Latest News

• Health Tip: When Children Develop Hearing Loss(08/21/2012, HealthDay)
• Children Exposed to HIV in the Womb at Increased Risk for Hearing Loss(06/20/2012, National Institute of Child Health and Human Development)

Diagnosis/Symptoms

• Children's Hearing Health(American Academy of Otolaryngology--Head and Neck Surgery)
• How Will I Know If My Child Has Trouble Hearing?(Nemours Foundation)
• Also available in Spanish

Treatment

• Hearing Loss in Children: Treatment and Intervention Services(Centers for Disease Control and Prevention)
• What to Do if Your Baby's Screening Reveals a Possible Hearing Problem(National Institute on Deafness and Other Communication Disorders)
• Also available in Spanish
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Prevention/Screening

• Hearing Evaluation in Children(Nemours Foundation)
• Also available in Spanish
• Hearing Loss in Children: Screening and Diagnosis(Centers for Disease Control and Prevention)
• It Is Important to Have Your Baby's Hearing Screened(National Institute on Deafness and Other Communication Disorders)
• Also available in Spanish
• It's a Noisy Planet, Protect Their Hearing(National Institute on Deafness and Other Communication Disorders)
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Rehabilitation/Recovery

• Child Aural/Audiologic Rehabilitation(American Speech-Language-Hearing Association)
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Coping

• Child's Hearing Loss(American Academy of Otolaryngology--Head and Neck Surgery)
• Family Decision Making(Centers for Disease Control and Prevention)
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Disease Management

• Hearing Aids for Children(American Speech-Language-Hearing Association)
• Hearing Assistive Technology(American Speech-Language-Hearing Association)
• MedlinePlus: Assistive Devices(National Library of Medicine)
• Also available in Spanish
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Specific Conditions

• Auditory Neuropathy(National Institute on Deafness and Other Communication Disorders)
• Auditory Neuropathy Spectrum Disorder (ANSD)(Nemours Foundation)
• Auditory Processing Disorder in Children(National Institute on Deafness and Other Communication Disorders)
• Deafness and Hearing Loss(National Dissemination Center for Children with Disabilities)
• Enlarged Vestibular Aqueducts and Childhood Hearing Loss(National Institute on Deafness and Other Communication Disorders)
• Hearing Impairment(March of Dimes Birth Defects Foundation)
• Also available in Spanish
• Hearing Loss in Children: Types of Hearing Loss(Centers for Disease Control and Prevention)
• Noise-Induced Hearing Loss in Children(American Academy of Otolaryngology--Head and Neck Surgery)
• Pendred Syndrome(National Institute on Deafness and Other Communication Disorders)
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Related Issues

• American Sign Language(National Institute on Deafness and Other Communication Disorders)
• Building Languages(Centers for Disease Control and Prevention)
• Earbuds(Nemours Foundation)
• Effects of Hearing Loss on Development(American Speech-Language-Hearing Association)
• How Does Your Child Hear and Talk?(American Speech-Language-Hearing Association)
• Ototoxicity (Ear Poisoning)(Nemours Foundation)
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Health Check Tools

• Questions and Answers: Information about Your Hearing(National Institute on Deafness and Other Communication Disorders)
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Videos

• Hearing and the cochlea - Encyclopedia
• Also available in Spanish
• If I Had - A Child Born with Microtia(Insidermedicine)
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Anatomy/Physiology

• How We Hear(American Speech-Language-Hearing Association)
• Your Ears(Nemours Foundation)
• Also available in Spanish
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Financial Issues

• Adding Speech, Language, and Hearing Benefits to Your Policy(American Speech-Language-Hearing Association)
• Funding Resources for Audiology Services and Hearing Aids(American Speech-Language-Hearing Association)
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Clinical Trials

• ClinicalTrials.gov: Deafness(National Institutes of Health)
• ClinicalTrials.gov: Hearing Disorders(National Institutes of Health)
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Genetics

• Genetics Home Reference: CHARGE syndrome(National Library of Medicine)
• Genetics Home Reference: Nonsyndromic deafness(National Library of Medicine)
• Genetics Home Reference: Thiamine-responsive megaloblastic anemia syndrome(National Library of Medicine)
• Genetics of Hearing Loss(Centers for Disease Control and Prevention)
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Research

• Newborn Hearing Screening(National Institute on Deafness and Other Communication Disorders)
• Saliva Is Effective in Screening for CMV Infection in Newborns(National Institute on Deafness and Other Communication Disorders)
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Journal Articles

References and abstracts from MEDLINE/PubMed (National Library of Medicine)

• Article: Birth by cesarean delivery and failure on first otoacoustic emissions...
• Article: Long-term outcomes of group B streptococcal meningitis.
• Article: Hearing loss in adolescents. Portable music players present a new...
• Hearing Problems in Children -- see more articles
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Dictionaries/Glossaries

• Hearing Loss in Children: Glossary(Centers for Disease Control and Prevention)
• NIDCD Glossary(National Institute on Deafness and Other Communication Disorders)
• Quick Glossary for Good Ear Health(American Academy of Otolaryngology--Head and Neck Surgery)
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Directories

• Directory of Organizations (Deafness and Communication Disorders)(National Institute on Deafness and Other Communication Disorders)
• Find a Professional: Online Directory of Audiology and Speech-Language Pathology Programs(American Speech-Language-Hearing Association)
• Find an Audiologist(American Academy of Audiology)
• Hearing Loss in Children: Resources(Centers for Disease Control and Prevention)
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Organizations

• American Academy of Audiology
• American Speech-Language-Hearing Association
• National Institute on Deafness and Other Communication Disorders
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Law and Policy

• Status of State Early Hearing Detection and Intervention (EHDI) Laws(American Speech-Language-Hearing Association)
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Statistics

• Hearing Loss in Children: Data and Statistics(Centers for Disease Control and Prevention)
• Identifying Infants with Hearing Loss(Centers for Disease Control and Prevention)
• Quick Statistics(National Institute on Deafness and Other Communication Disorders)
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MedlinePlus Magazine

• Can Baby Hear?
• Cochlear Implants Keep Twin Sisters Learning, Discovering Together
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Children

• Can Loud Music Hurt My Ears?(Nemours Foundation)
• Going to the Audiologist(Nemours Foundation)
• Also available in Spanish
• What's Hearing Loss?(Nemours Foundation)
• Also available in Spanish
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Teenagers

• Hearing Impairment(Nemours Foundation)
• Also available in Spanish
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Patient Handouts

• Hearing Loss in Children(Centers for Disease Control and Prevention) - PDF - In English and Spanish
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