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| what is the process of screening all babies for hearing loss within the first 3 months of birth? |
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| universal newborn screening |
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| what are the two main purposes of early infant hearing screenings? |
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| early detection (ID) and early intervention (treatment) |
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| name some broad categories of consequences of delayed hearing loss identification in the pediatric population |
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| communicative, social, emotional, cognitive, social, emotional, cognitive, academic, vocational, economic |
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| left untreated, even mild degrees of hearing loss, interfere with ______? |
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| speech language development |
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| American academy of pediatrics |
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| T/F All babies are screened using OAEs |
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| T/F most babies who fail the initial screening will actually have normal hearing |
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True
for every 10 babies that refer, 1 is expected to have permanent hearing loss |
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| list 3 barriers you might encounter in in-patient newborn hearing screenings |
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Parental refusal
Hospital misses opportunity to screen
Noise levels in screening area are too loud for effective screening administration |
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| hearing aids can be fitted as young as |
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| During ____ sounds are presented to the ear and surface electrodes measure an EEG-type response from the auditory nerve. The presence of a response from the nerve constitutes a pas on the screening. Average time to complete ___screening is 20 minutes |
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