Effects of an Intervention Designed to Increase Toddlers' Hearing Aid Use.

Autor:	Ambrose SE; Boys Town National Research Hospital., Appenzeller M; Boys Town National Research Hospital., Al-Salim S; Boys Town National Research Hospital., Kaiser AP; Vanderbilt University.
Jazyk:	angličtina
Zdroj:	Journal of deaf studies and deaf education [J Deaf Stud Deaf Educ] 2020 Jan 03; Vol. 25 (1), pp. 55-67.
DOI:	10.1093/deafed/enz032
Abstrakt:	The purpose of this study was to examine the effectiveness of Ears On, an intervention designed to increase toddlers' use of hearing devices. A single-case, multiple-baseline design across participants was used with three parent-child dyads who demonstrated low hearing aid use despite enrollment in traditional early intervention services. Data logging technology was used to objectively measure hearing aid use. A functional relationship was identified between participation in the intervention and the number of hours children utilized their hearing aids. Two dyads met the criterion set for completing the intervention: an average of 8 hr of daily hearing aid use. One dyad did not reach this criterion but did meet the parent's goal of full-time use in the child's educational setting. For all dyads, increases in use were maintained 1 month after completion of the intervention. Findings support use of this short-term, intensive, individualized intervention to improve hearing aid use for toddlers with hearing loss. (© The Author(s) 2019. Published by Oxford University Press. All rights reserved. For permissions, please email: journals.permissions@oup.com.)
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