Language and hearing outcomes of preterm infants.
Multiple factors including degree of prematurity, neonatal morbidities, illness severity, hearing status, gender, language environment in the neonatal intensive care unit and in the home, maternal education level, social and environmental status of the family, and access to early intervention all contribute to the language outcomes of extremely preterm infants with and without hearing loss. Early screening, early diagnosis, and early intervention services by 6 months of age are necessary to optimize the language outcomes of preterm infants with permanent hearing loss. There is increasing evidence of the potential for improved language skills with increasing age of extreme preterm infants and infants with hearing loss.
Alpert Medical School of Brown University, Providence, RI; Department of Pediatrics, Women & Infants Hospital of Rhode Island, 101 Dudley St, Providence, RI 02905. Electronic address: BVohr@WIHRI.org.
Betty R
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D042241:Early Diagnosis; D004522:Educational Status; D034381:Hearing Loss / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000503:physiopathology / Q000628:therapy; D006801:Humans; D062071:Infant, Extremely Premature / Q000502:physiology* / Q000523:psychology; D007231:Infant, Newborn; D007235:Infant, Premature, Diseases / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000503:physiopathology* / Q000523:psychology; D007363:Intensive Care Units, Neonatal; D007805:Language Development Disorders / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000503:physiopathology / Q000628:therapy; D009034:Mother-Child Relations / Q000523:psychology; D009035:Mothers / Q000523:psychology
Haring loss; Language; Outcomes; Preterm