Auditory Neuropathy/Dys-synchrony In School-aged Hearing-impaired Children

Recently, use of otoacoustic emission technology has led to identification of auditory neuropathy as a distinct hearing disorder in children as well as adults. Children with auditory neuropathy require audiologic and educational management that may differ from that required by other hearing impaired. The purpose of this study was to estimate the prevalence and audiologic characteristics of auditory dys-synchrony in school-aged hearing- impaired children in an integrated school; 220 students from grade one to grade eight were recruited for the study. Initially all the subjects were screened using DPOAE and the subjects who had otoacoustic emissions present were subjected for a detailed diagnostic evaluation. Results showed that the prevalence of auditory dys-synchrony was around 2.27% in hearing-impaired individuals. These results indicate that auditory dyssynchrony is not an extremely rare disorder and although only a small portion of the population of children with hearing loss is affected, it is undoubtedly important to detect this disorder so that individualized treatment plans can be devised

Audiology · Auditory neuropathy · Hearing impaired · Hearing loss · Otoacoustic emission · Population · Hearing Loss and Rehabilitation · Hearing, Cochlea, Tinnitus, Genetics · Medicine · Vestibular and auditory disorders

• Predisposing Factors in Individuals with Late-Onset Auditory Dys-Synchrony

  Prashanth Prabhu, Vijay Kumar Yadav Avilala et al.•Asia Pacific Journal of Speech…•2012

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