Implications of audiologic success
Ross, M.
Journal of the American Academy of Audiology 3(1): 1-4
1992
ISSN/ISBN: 1050-0545 PMID: 1571580 Document Number: 395844
In the last few years, a clinical consensus has emerged regarding the necessary components of an early management program for hearing-impaired children. Early detection of hearing loss, a parent-infant and supervised nursery program, and optimal amplification provisions are among these components. This paper explores the possible implications for those profoundly hearing-impaired children whose auditory skills become sufficiently developed, as a result of an intensive auditory management program, to permit them to function in a primarily auditory (or auditory/visual) mode under most circumstances. The additional social/vocational/cultural opportunities afforded by a successful auditory habilitation program can require painful choices by many such children. Pursuant to fulfilling their clinical responsibilities regarding amplification, audiologists contribute to this situation.