A survey related to universal newborn hearing screening was created with permission granted, based on the following study and adapted to the Italian situation: Primary Care Physicians’ Knowledge, Attitudes, and Practices Related to Newborn Hearing Screening (Mary Pat Moeller, PhD, Karl R. White, PhD and Lenore Shisler, MS). First distributed in October, 2008, the survey was given to 300 pediatr...

Williams or Williams -Beuren Syndrome (WS) is a very rare syndrome associated with a microdeletion on chromosome 7q11.23. Williams syndrome is characterized by multiple congenital anomalies including distinctive facial features, cardiovascular anomalies, neurodevelopmental delay and mental retardation. Sensorineural hearing loss is not reported very often in WS patients. The purpose of the stud...

Hearing loss is the most frequent sensory disorder in humans. Auditory hair cells (HCs) are postmitotic at late-embryonic differentiation and postnatal stages, and their damage is the major cause of hearing loss. There is no measurable HC regeneration in the mammalian cochlea, and the maintenance of cell function is crucial for preservation of hearing. Here we generated mice deficient in autoph...

OBJECTIVES To determine whether newborn hearing screening in a well-baby nursery (WBN) and neonatal intensive care unit (NICU) nursery: 1) meet three targeted, screening, referral, and diagnostic follow-up rates; 2) compare the average age of diagnosis for infants admitted to the WIN and NICU; and 3) determine prevalence of hearing loss in neonatal population; and 4) try to find a practical new...

This symposium aims at sharing the preliminary data that are available on language acquisition in very young children with a cochlear implant. Congenital sensorineural hearing loss occurs in approximately 2 per 1000 newborns and results in significant and often irreversible retardation in the development of speech and language. Early detection is possible thanks to universal hearing screening p...

This symposium aims at sharing the preliminary data that are available on language acquisition in very young children with a cochlear implant. Congenital sensorineural hearing loss occurs in approximately 2 per 1000 newborns and results in significant and often irreversible retardation in the development of speech and language. Early detection is possible thanks to universal hearing screening p...

OBJECTIVES/HYPOTHESIS The purpose of this study was to examine the timing of diagnostic and therapeutic services in cochlear implant recipients from a rural Appalachian region with healthcare disparity. STUDY DESIGN Retrospective analysis. METHODS Cochlear implant recipients from a tertiary referral center born with severe congenital sensorineural hearing loss were examined. Rural status an...

On the basis of strong research, universal newborn screening should be performed before age 1 month with repeat or follow-up testing for those who do not pass performed before age 3 months and intervention started before age 6 months. On the basis of strong research and consensus statement, tympanostomy tubes should be considered for individuals with bilateral persistent middle ear effusion for...

Objectives. This study aimed to determine the feasibility of cochlear implantation for sensorineural hearing loss in patients with Waardenburg syndrome. Method. A retrospective chart review was performed on patients who underwent cochlear implantation at the University of Tokyo Hospital. Clinical classification, genetic mutation, clinical course, preoperative hearing threshold, high-resolution ...