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20Q: Unilateral Hearing Loss in Children - Progress and Opportunities

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1.  Research from the 1980s, still relevant today, show that compared with their normal-hearing peers, children with unilateral hearing loss: have a higher grade point average (GPA) throughout high school have lower rates of resource help in school are ten times more likely to have academic difficulties have better speech recognition in noise due to practice

2.  Research shows that children with unilateral hearing loss are at higher risk for: language problems educational problems behavior problems all of the above

3.  In which of the following areas has there been improvement in our management of children with unilateral hearing loss since the 1980s? children with unilateral hearing loss are being identified earlier gene therapy can effectively cure unilateral hearing loss in utero children with unilateral hearing loss no longer demonstrate academic difficulties compared to their normal hearing peers pediatricians, ENTs and audiologists are now trained in best practices for treating unilateral hearing loss in children

4.  Fatigue refers to: physical fatigue mental fatigue subjective and objective fatigue all of the above

5.  Which of the following statements is true regarding the listening needs of children with unilateral hearing loss in todays classrooms: children mainly need to hear their teacher classroom acoustics are no longer an issue for children with hearing loss due to new laws like the ADA classrooms today are noisy but fairly static so the noise is easy to control classrooms are dynamic, complex listening environments and children need to hear their peers as well as their teachers.

6.  Which statement best describes selection of hearing technology for children with unilateral hearing loss in school? FM systems are the hearing technology of choice for all children with unilateral hearing loss CROS amplification is never effective in classroom situations There is no one size fits all approach to hearing technology for children with unilateral hearing loss and a family-centered approach to technology decisions is important. A cochlear implant evaluation should be recommended for all children with unilateral hearing loss based upon best practices.

7.  Updates to the clinical use of bone-conduction technology for children with unilateral hearing loss include: Prescriptive targets and clinical verification protocols are being developed for fitting bone-conduction devices Insurance plans are required to cover bone-conduction technology for children Surgery is no longer required for any bone-conduction devices All of the above

8.  Much of the research discussed in this article was presented at a recent pediatric conference and these presentations can be accessed online at: audiology.org audiologyonline.com phonakpro.com vanderbilt.edu

9.  A practice parameter to assist clinicians with management decisions for children with unilateral hearing loss: is not needed since the professional associations have current guidelines that address this area is in development and scheduled to be released at the next pediatric conference in 15 years (in 2033) is not needed since most children with unilateral hearing loss do just fine with one good ear is available now as a free "Quick Guide" and a more comprehensive resource is in development and planned to be launch in the coming year.

10.  According to the author, research needs in the area of unilateral hearing loss in children include: intervention research research that separates children with unilateral hearing loss into different cohorts by variables such as degree of hearing loss a big-data approach to identifying risk factors for unilateral hearing loss all of the above