Hearing impaired clinic--a one-year survey.
The Hearing Impaired Clinic was established at Children's Hospital Medical Center in Cincinnati for the purpose of integrating a multifaceted effort of habilitation of the child with a hearing impairment. This article discusses the rationale for such a clinic and presents the data obtained from the first year that the clinic was functioning. Details of audiological and otological evaluations indicate that there is still a significant delay in the habilitation of these children that could be countered by a greater awareness of the significance of hearing loss in the young child.
D000293:Adolescent; D002648:Child; D002675:Child, Preschool; D005260:Female; D006311:Hearing Disorders / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000628:therapy*; D006319:Hearing Loss, Sensorineural / Q000235:genetics / Q000628:therapy; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D010348:Patient Care Team; D013064:Speech Disorders / Q000175:diagnosis