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AAP Issues Recommendations for Preventing Excessive Noise Exposure in Children

Most prevalent exposure among children is personal listening devices; duration should be considered as well as volume

Americans Who Are Deaf Can Now Use 988 Suicide Helpline

The services use a videophone device that transmits video and audio

Recommendations Made for Hearing Assessments in Children

All children should have risk assessment for hearing changes; prompt objective screening recommended in case of clinical or caregiver concern

Late-Stage Meniere Disease Shows Severe Auditory, Vestibular Dysfunction

Greater vestibular damage, higher degree of endolymphatic hydrops, hippocampal volume atrophy seen in late-stage Meniere disease

Endolymphatic Hydrops Grade M2 Correlates Most Strongly With Hearing Loss

Grading consistency of M2, M3, M4 for endolymphatic hydrops is relatively higher than that of M1

Clinical Management Improves Hearing for Most With Meniere Disease

Review: Results of Endolymphatic Sac Surgery Mixed in Meniere Disease

Functional level and vertigo control improved, but pure tone average hearing loss increased and speech comprehension decreased

Hearing Test Response May ID Newborns at Risk for Autism

Prolonged auditory brainstem response phase, V-negative latency seen in newborns with autism spectrum disorder

Children who are deaf or hard of hearing who are enrolled in early intervention (EI) by 6 months of age are more likely to be ready for kindergarten than those who enter EI later

Early Intervention Has Lasting Benefit for Deaf Children

Children who were deaf/hard of hearing who entered EI early more likely to be ready for kindergarten
Severe hearing impairment in childhood cancer survivors is associated with neurocognitive deficits

Child Cancer Survivors’ Hearing Loss Linked to Cognitive Deficits

Findings seen in survivors of childhood cancer independent of the neurotoxic treatment received
Older adults with both hearing and visual impairments -- dual sensory impairment -- are at a significantly increased risk for dementia

Dual Sensory Impairment Ups Dementia Risk

Findings compared with individual or no sensory impairment