title: Evaluation of hearing and speech-language in preschool children: how important, why we should perform?
abstract: The aim of the study was to present the hearing and speech-language findings of preschool children. The children in this study were aged 3-5 years. Sixtyseven of 239 children (28.0%) had been referred to a physician because of possible middle ear problems, and 25 of the 67 children had slight and mild conduction type hearing loss with air-bone gaps. One of 239 children had profound sensorineural hearing loss. Speech-language problems were found in 70 of 239 children (29.3%). Necessary attention should be paid to the evaluation of hearing and speech-language skills in preschool-aged children to avoid delayed detection and to give these children the opportunity for timely intervention for hearing and speech-language problems.
authors.affiliation: Department of Audiology , Ankara University Faculty of Health Science Ankara University Faculty of Medicine, Ankara, Turkey. eozcebe@gmail.com.
authors.forename: Suna
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Tokgöz-Yılmaz
authors.forename: Esra
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Özcebe
authors.forename: Meral Didem
authors.initials: MD
authors.lastname: Türkyılmaz
authors.forename: Aysen
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Köse
authors.forename: Gonca
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Sennaroğlu
authors.forename: Filiz
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Orhon
authors.forename: Betül
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Ulukol
mesh_terms: D001299:Audiometry; D002663:Child Language; D002675:Child, Preschool; D005260:Female; D005500:Follow-Up Studies; D006309:Hearing / Q000502:physiology*; D006319:Hearing Loss, Sensorineural / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000503:physiopathology; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D038781:Otoscopy; D012189:Retrospective Studies; D013064:Speech Disorders / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000503:physiopathology; D013065:Speech Intelligibility / Q000502:physiology*