Hearing Loss (Chapter 158)
Anne Marie Tharpe, PhD, Douglas P. Sladen, PhD, Ann Rothpletz, PhD, 2016. "Hearing Loss (Chapter 158)", American Academy of Pediatrics Textbook of Pediatric Care, Thomas K. McInerny, MD, FAAP, Henry M. Adam, MD, FAAP, Deborah E. Campbell, MD, FAAP, Thomas G. DeWitt, MD, FAAP, Jane Meschan Foy, MD, FAAP, Deepak M. Kamat, MD, PhD, FAAP, Rebecca Baum, MD, FAAP, Kelly J. Kelleher, MD, MPH, FAAP
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Pediatricians are usually the first health care practitioners approached by parents when they have concerns about their child’s hearing, and in the course of a typical practice a pediatrician will encounter approximately a dozen children with severe-to-profound hearing loss.1 Although when the hearing loss is severe parents become concerned about their child’s hearing rather early (at approximately 6 months of age), milder degrees of hearing loss typically do not generate concern until the child reaches school age. As such, it is imperative that pediatricians recognize the signs, symptoms, and risk factors for hearing loss in children and become aware...
