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Early audiology testing enables prompt intervention for deaf children. This new strategy provides crucial bone and air conduction data in infants as young as 5-6 months, facilitating early training and support.
Area of Science:
- Audiology
- Pediatric audiology
- Hearing science
Context:
- Traditional electrophysiology data is insufficient for audioprosthetists and speech therapists.
- Increasing need for early identification and intervention in deaf children.
- Limitations in current audiometric strategies for infants.
Purpose:
- To develop an advanced audiometric strategy for early detection of hearing loss in infants.
- To obtain reliable bone and air conduction audiometric data in children aged 5-6 months.
- To establish a foundation for early auditory training and parental guidance.
Summary:
- A novel audiometric strategy was developed at Bordeaux Audiology Laboratory.
- This method yields bone and air conduction curves in infants from 5-6 months old.
- The testing protocol is designed to initiate early auditory training and parental involvement.
Impact:
- Enables audiological assessment and intervention significantly earlier than previously possible.
- Provides essential data for audioprosthetists and speech therapists.
- Facilitates the development of a strong child-investigator relationship, crucial for successful early intervention.
- Highlights the possibility and necessity of early audiometry before therapeutic approaches.
Abstract:
Data obtained from electrophysiology are insufficient both for the audioprosthetist and for the speech therapist. In order to meet the requirements for the increasingly early equipping and training of deaf children, we have developed in the Bordeaux Audiology Laboratory an audiometric strategy making it possible to obtain, as early as 5 to 6 months old, bone curves on the vibrator, and air curves on the head-set. In addition to the auditive information that can be obtained, the test described forms, by its design, the starting point of early training and parental guidance. Its success is based on the relationship that is established between the child and the investigator. Early audiometry is possible. It is essential prior to any therapeutic approach.