Schaefer, Karolin, Coninx, Frans and Fischbach, Thomas (2019). LittlEARS auditory questionnaire as an infant hearing screening in Germany after the newborn hearing screening. Int. J. Audiol., 58 (8). S. 468 - 476. ABINGDON: TAYLOR & FRANCIS LTD. ISSN 1708-8186
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Objective: To investigate the feasibility of using the LittlEARS (R) Auditory Questionnaire (LEAQ (R)) as part of the infant hearing screening programme in Germany. Design: LEAQ (R) s were distributed to 47 paediatric practices and were completed by the parents/guardians of the infants (aged between 9-14 months) involved in the study (= LEAQA (R) screening). The infants who failed the LEAQA (R) screening were invited to a LEAQ rescreening. Infants who failed the LEAQA (R) rescreening were sent to a paediatric ENT specialist. After 3 years, a follow-up was performed on two groups: the first group comprised infants who failed the LEAQ screening; the second group (control group) comprised 200 infants who passed the LEAQ screening. Study Sample: 5316 questionnaires were returned. Results: Six infants with permanent hearing loss were identified using the LEAQA (R) as a screening tool. Conclusions: An infant hearing screening using the LEAQA (R) is easily implementable in paediatric practices and may be a good alternative in countries where no objective screening instruments are available. The LEAQA (R) was suitable for monitoring hearing development in infants in general and could help to identify a late-onset or progressive hearing loss in infants.
Item Type: | Journal Article | ||||||||||||||||
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URN: | urn:nbn:de:hbz:38-150607 | ||||||||||||||||
DOI: | 10.1080/14992027.2019.1597287 | ||||||||||||||||
Journal or Publication Title: | Int. J. Audiol. | ||||||||||||||||
Volume: | 58 | ||||||||||||||||
Number: | 8 | ||||||||||||||||
Page Range: | S. 468 - 476 | ||||||||||||||||
Date: | 2019 | ||||||||||||||||
Publisher: | TAYLOR & FRANCIS LTD | ||||||||||||||||
Place of Publication: | ABINGDON | ||||||||||||||||
ISSN: | 1708-8186 | ||||||||||||||||
Language: | English | ||||||||||||||||
Faculty: | Unspecified | ||||||||||||||||
Divisions: | Unspecified | ||||||||||||||||
Subjects: | no entry | ||||||||||||||||
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Refereed: | Yes | ||||||||||||||||
URI: | http://kups.ub.uni-koeln.de/id/eprint/15060 |
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