Hearing Loss in Children: The Present and a Challenge for Future
A special issue of Children (ISSN 2227-9067). This special issue belongs to the section "Pediatric Otolaryngology".
Deadline for manuscript submissions: 15 May 2025 | Viewed by 704
Special Issue Editors
Interests: adult and pediatric hearing loss; implantable hearing devices; congenital CMV and hearing loss
Special Issue Information
Dear Colleagues,
Learning spoken language and the cognitive development of children depend on their ability to hear well. The inability to hear can create challenges for education, social communication, and integration. Approximately four out of 1000 children are born with hearing loss, and 20% have hearing loss by the age of 12. Hearing loss could be either temporary or permanent, and over 60% of hearing loss can be preventable. Early identification and intervention are the keys to managing pediatric hearing loss. Depending on the etiology, hearing loss can be managed with medications, ear tubes, hearing aids, or cochlear implants. A family-centered approach with professional support for treatment, rehabilitation, learning, and education is essential to enabling a child with hearing loss to attain their full potential and improve their chances of employment in adulthood.
Aim and scope of the Special Issue:
- Presenting an overview of types of pediatric hearing loss and their etiology.
- Discussing the importance of early identification of pediatric hearing loss.
- Presenting barriers and challenges to early identification and strategies for prevention.
- Describing all options for diagnosis and the challenges encountered in this age group.
- Explaining all management options for pediatric hearing loss.
- Describing challenges in providing universal hearing rehabilitation.
- Presenting the importance of a team approach to coordinate rehabilitation with children and their families at the core, supported by professionals like audiologists, speech language therapists, and otolaryngologists.
- Discussing advances and newer technologies in management.
Cutting-edge research: gene therapy, implantable hearing devices.
Types of papers that we are soliciting: We are soliciting papers from audiologists, otolaryngologists, speech language therapists working with hearing impaired children, and social workers to cover all the topics mentioned in the aim and scope of the Special Issue.
Dr. Gauri Mankekar
Dr. Lindsey Collins
Guest Editors
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Keywords
- pediatric hearing loss
- congenital
- cytomegalovirus
- syndromic hearing loss
- newborn hearing screening
- early hearing intervention
- diagnosis
- ABR
- hearing aids
- cochlear implants
- bone anchored hearing devices
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