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Objectives
Identification and Intervention for Infant Hearing Loss: Physician Roles
Early Hearing Detection and Intervention (EHDI)
Key Roles of the Pediatrician
Key Roles of the Pediatrician
Medical Home Task Force (RI)
Medical Home Task Force (RI)
Medical Home Task Force (RI)
System Challenges
System Challenges
System Challenges
Parental Concern Associated with
Parental Concern Associated with
Hearing Loss: A Medical Urgency
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Implications: Early Vocal Landmarks Can Be Used in Surveillance
Early Auditory Deprivation Leads to Slower Rates of Word Learning
Late Identification of HL: Family Consequences
Implications for Providing Family Support:
Should We Be Concerned with Mild-Moderate HL?
Impact of Moderate HL
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Reading Comprehension in Children with Mild-Moderate Loss
Hearing Loss: A Medical Urgency
Premise:
Early Intervention Effects: Yoshinaga-Itano,et al, 1998
Early Intervention Effects (Moeller, 2000)
Verbal Reasoning at Age 5
Special Cases for Surveillance
Special Cases for Surveillance
Characteristics of Auditory Neuropathy
What Parents Request from Physicians (DesGeorges, 2003)
What Parents Request (cont)
Family-Centered Early Intervention
Premise:
Communication Tools
Choices in Communication
Cochlear Implants
CI Candidacy Criteria
EI: Roles of Medical Home
Resources:

Mary Pat Moeller, Ph.D.

Identification and Intervention for Infant Hearing Loss: Physician Roles