Slight Hearing Loss in School Age Children: Impacts and Interventions

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  • April 12, 2021
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  • Braza, Meredith
    • Affiliation: School of Medicine, Department of Allied Health Sciences, Division of Speech and Hearing Sciences
  • Duerr, Jenna
    • Affiliation: School of Medicine, Department of Allied Health Sciences, Division of Speech and Hearing Sciences
  • Spicer, Amy
    • Affiliation: School of Medicine, Department of Allied Health Sciences, Division of Speech and Hearing Sciences
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  • Approximately 15% of children ages 6 to 19 years in the United States are identified with some degree of hearing loss (Niskar et al 1998). When not identified or properly managed, hearing loss may adversely affect children’s language, learning, and psychoeducational development (Davis et al 1986). While routine pure tone hearing screenings readily identify significant hearing loss in children, these screenings are not often sensitive to slight hearing loss, defined by thresholds between 16-25 dB HL. Children with slight hearing loss face listening challenges, especially in noisy classroom environments (Anderson, 1999). Evidence suggests that these difficulties may not be obvious to parents, teachers, and other professionals, resulting in many children with slight hearing loss going unidentified (Goldberg & Richburg, 2004). Unfortunately, the long term impact of these listening challenges is unclear, and clinicians often have difficulty pinpointing management strategies for children with these losses (Schlauch & Carney, 2012). The purpose of this systematic review was to compile answers from the literature for these clinical uncertainties. Research question: For school age children, what are the impacts of slight hearing loss, and what interventions are recommended for this type of loss?
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