Newborn Hearing Screening and Intervention in Children with Unilateral Hearing Impairment: Clinical Practices in Three Nordic Countries
Studies have limitedly considered children with early-identified unilateral hearing impairment (UHI), and clinical practices regarding screening, diagnostics and habilitation in this group are rarely documented. In this study, routines for newborns with UHI from screening to diagnostics and habilita...
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| author | Nina Jakhelln Laugen Elsa Erixon Kerttu Huttunen Elina Mäki-Torkko Ulrika Löfkvist |
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| description | Studies have limitedly considered children with early-identified unilateral hearing impairment (UHI), and clinical practices regarding screening, diagnostics and habilitation in this group are rarely documented. In this study, routines for newborns with UHI from screening to diagnostics and habilitation were explored in Norway, Sweden and Finland. An online survey was sent to hospitals responsible for the hearing diagnostics of children requesting information about their practices regarding congenital UHI. Responses covered 95% of the children born in the three included countries. The results revealed large variations in ways of organising healthcare and in clinical decisions regarding hearing screening, diagnostics and habilitation of children with congenital UHI. Finally, implications for policy making and research are also discussed. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-564ad2976c2e4e1d9c285e9b6829a69a2023-11-22T21:08:06ZengMDPI AGJournal of Clinical Medicine2077-03832021-11-011021515210.3390/jcm10215152Newborn Hearing Screening and Intervention in Children with Unilateral Hearing Impairment: Clinical Practices in Three Nordic CountriesNina Jakhelln Laugen0Elsa Erixon1Kerttu Huttunen2Elina Mäki-Torkko3Ulrika Löfkvist4Department of Psychology, Norwegian University of Science and Technology (NTNU), 7491 Trondheim, NorwayDepartment of Surgical Sciences, Uppsala University, 75185 Uppsala, SwedenResearch Unit of Logopedics and Child Language Research Center, Faculty of Humanities, University of Oulu, 90014 Oulu, FinlandAudiological Research Centre, Faculty of Medicine and Health, 70182 Örebro, SwedenDepartment of Public Health and Caring Sciences, Uppsala University, 75122 Uppsala, SwedenStudies have limitedly considered children with early-identified unilateral hearing impairment (UHI), and clinical practices regarding screening, diagnostics and habilitation in this group are rarely documented. In this study, routines for newborns with UHI from screening to diagnostics and habilitation were explored in Norway, Sweden and Finland. An online survey was sent to hospitals responsible for the hearing diagnostics of children requesting information about their practices regarding congenital UHI. Responses covered 95% of the children born in the three included countries. The results revealed large variations in ways of organising healthcare and in clinical decisions regarding hearing screening, diagnostics and habilitation of children with congenital UHI. Finally, implications for policy making and research are also discussed.https://www.mdpi.com/2077-0383/10/21/5152unilateral hearing losssingle-sided deafnesshearing screeningfollow-uphabilitationhealthcare inequality |
| spellingShingle | Nina Jakhelln Laugen Elsa Erixon Kerttu Huttunen Elina Mäki-Torkko Ulrika Löfkvist Newborn Hearing Screening and Intervention in Children with Unilateral Hearing Impairment: Clinical Practices in Three Nordic Countries Journal of Clinical Medicine unilateral hearing loss single-sided deafness hearing screening follow-up habilitation healthcare inequality |
| title | Newborn Hearing Screening and Intervention in Children with Unilateral Hearing Impairment: Clinical Practices in Three Nordic Countries |
| title_full | Newborn Hearing Screening and Intervention in Children with Unilateral Hearing Impairment: Clinical Practices in Three Nordic Countries |
| title_fullStr | Newborn Hearing Screening and Intervention in Children with Unilateral Hearing Impairment: Clinical Practices in Three Nordic Countries |
| title_full_unstemmed | Newborn Hearing Screening and Intervention in Children with Unilateral Hearing Impairment: Clinical Practices in Three Nordic Countries |
| title_short | Newborn Hearing Screening and Intervention in Children with Unilateral Hearing Impairment: Clinical Practices in Three Nordic Countries |
| title_sort | newborn hearing screening and intervention in children with unilateral hearing impairment clinical practices in three nordic countries |
| topic | unilateral hearing loss single-sided deafness hearing screening follow-up habilitation healthcare inequality |
| url | https://www.mdpi.com/2077-0383/10/21/5152 |
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