|

AUCD Community Inclusion

AUCD’s Community Inclusion Team supports the University Centers for Excellence in Developmental Disabilities (UCEDD) Network in partnership with the Administration for Community Living.

Learn More
|

AUCD Maternal and Child Health Engagement

AUCD’s Maternal and Child Health Engagement supports the Autism CARES Programs, including LEND and DBP Programs.

Learn More
|

AUCD Public Health

AUCD’s Public Health Team works to create health promotion and public health efforts that include people with disabilities.

Learn More
|

AUCD Emerging Leaders Community

AUCD Emerging Leaders are a part of a community that includes trainees, early career professionals, self-advocates, and family members from AUCD member Centers and Programs.

Learn More

Donate

Product

Hearing Loss in NICU Graduates: Risk Factors and Referral for Services

Center:

NE-Munroe-Meyer Institute of Genetics & Rehabilitation, UCEDD/LEND

Fiscal Year:

2011

Contact Information:

Product Description:

NICU infants are at higher risk for suffering hearing loss (Coenraad, Goedegebure, van Goudoever, and Hoeve, 2010). Use of a ventilator, asphyxia, and low birth weight are risk factors that have been linked with hearing loss (Coenraad et al., 2010). Hearing loss can lead to delayed language development and academic difficulties (Martinez-Cruz, Poblano, Fernandez-Carrocera, 2008). Participants included 239 NICU graduates who passed hearing screens in the NICU, but failed a hearing screen at a 6-month follow-up visit. Data were collected on identified risk factors for hearing loss (e.g., birth weight) and other possible risk factors (e.g., ECMO). Additionally, data were collected on later referral for services and scores on the Bayley-II and the M-CHAT. Analyses were conducting examining the impact of risk factors on hearing loss at a 6-month follow-up visit and the impact of hearing loss on referral for services and scores on the Bayley-II and M-CHAT.

Keyword(s):

Product/Publication Type(s):

Conference presentations and posters presented

Target Audience:

Consumers/Families, Professionals, Students

Alternative Format:

To Obtain Copies (URL or Email):

COVID-19 Related Data:

N/A

1100 Wayne Avenue, Suite 1000 Silver Spring, MD 20910