Speech Recognition Ability of Children with Unilateral Sensorineural Hearing Loss as a Function of Amplification, Speech Stimuli and Listening Condition*

Kenworthy, O. T.; Klee, Thomas; Tharpe, Anne Marie

doi:10.1097/00003446-199008000-00003

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“…The benefit of FM technology in children with MBHL and UHL has been well documented in the school-age population. [44][45][46][47] Increasing the signal-to-noise ratio is clearly an advantage for children in academic situations; for some children with MBHL and some degrees of UHL, it may be the only device option. A recent study by Tharpe et al 45 examined the speech perception benefits of various fitting configurations of an earlevel FM system by children with minimal to mild degrees of hearing loss (including some children with UHL).…”

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Amplification Considerations for Children With Minimal or Mild Bilateral Hearing Loss and Unilateral Hearing Loss

McKay

Gravel

Tharpe

2008

Trends in Amplification

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Children with minimal or mild bilateral hearing loss and unilateral hearing loss are at higher risk for academic, speech-language, and social-emotional difficulties than their normal hearing peers. The choice to fit infants with moderate or greater degrees of bilateral hearing loss has been standard practice for most clinicians, but for those with minimal or mild bilateral hearing loss or unilateral hearing loss, the fitting of hearing technology must be based on limited data. Evidence does not yet exist to support all the management decisions that an audiologist must make upon identifying an infant with minimal or mild bilateral hearing loss or unilateral hearing loss. It is not yet known which children are at the greatest risk for educational problems nor is it known if the provision of early amplification in this population will help a child avoid later difficulties. Some of these considerations and current hearing technology options for children with minimal or mild bilateral hearing loss or unilateral hearing loss are reviewed in this article.

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“…44 Additionally, the use of a BAHA necessitates undergoing a surgical procedure. Although these devices appear to benefit some adults, more studies are needed on their use specific to pediatric populations before they are recommended for children with UHL.…”

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Amplification Considerations for Children With Minimal or Mild Bilateral Hearing Loss and Unilateral Hearing Loss

McKay

Gravel

Tharpe

2008

Trends in Amplification

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“…To ensure that the vocabulary was appropriate for the age groups used in this study, we compiled 60 sentences from ones used in pre- Kenworthy, Klee, & Tharpe, 1990;Stelmachowicz, Hoover, Lewis, Kortekaas, & Pittman, 2000). Naturally produced tokens of four-word sentences (e.g., "I wrecked my bike," "Let me have it") were spoken by an adult male talker.…”

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The effect of amplitude modulation on intelligibility of time-varying sinusoidal speech in children and adults

Lewis

Carrell

2007

Perception & Psychophysics

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“…Children with unilateral sensorineural hearing loss (USNHL) have shown deficits in such areas as speech recognition [4], sound localization [5], and academic performance [6,7]. The risk of academic failure has been shown to be significantly greater in subjects with right USNHL as compared to subjects with left USNHL [8,9].…”

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Cortical reorganization in children with unilateral sensorineural hearing loss

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Previous studies have shown evidence of cortical reorganization following unilateral sensorineural hearing loss (USNHL). In addition, subjects with right USNHL have shown greater deficits in academic and language performance compared to subjects with left USNHL. A preliminary functional MRI investigation was performed on a small cohort of subjects, 4 with left USNHL and 4 with right USNHL, using the paradigm of listening to random tones. While the subjects with left USNHL displayed greater activation in the right superior temporal gyrus, the subjects with right USNHL displayed greater activation in the left inferior frontal area immediately anterior to the superior temporal gyrus. The results provide preliminary evidence of disparate neural circuitry supporting auditory processing in subjects with left and right USNHL.

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Speech Recognition Ability of Children with Unilateral Sensorineural Hearing Loss as a Function of Amplification, Speech Stimuli and Listening Condition*

Cited by 91 publications

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Amplification Considerations for Children With Minimal or Mild Bilateral Hearing Loss and Unilateral Hearing Loss

Amplification Considerations for Children With Minimal or Mild Bilateral Hearing Loss and Unilateral Hearing Loss

The effect of amplitude modulation on intelligibility of time-varying sinusoidal speech in children and adults

Cortical reorganization in children with unilateral sensorineural hearing loss

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