Team Member involved in hearing Screening.pptx

Hearing impairment presents itself as a concealed challenge. Its hidden nature stems from the inability of children to self-diagnose their hearing abilities. Similarly, some adults opt to hide their hearing difficulties from others. Detecting and addressing hearing loss early on is paramount, mainly to prevent infants and young children from missing out on crucial developmental stages, typically from birth to five years of age. This critical age period encompasses comprehensive developmental milestones, including physical, motor, speech and language, and social and psychological advancements. Recognising the significance of this crucial period and leveraging it to its fullest potential is essential for facilitating optimal development in children. Early identification of hearing loss, even in newborns, facilitates effective intervention and rehabilitation. The rehabilitation team ought to be comprised of members who collaborate closely to ensure successful intervention for individuals with hearing impairment.

1. Team Member involved in hearing Screening & their role. Mr. ambuj Kushawaha Research Scholar Aiish -Mysore

2. Introduction Hearing Loss in children is a serious concern as it interferes with the development of language Our primary is that the child should develop a communication skill during the critical period. During critical periods, all aspects of development occur, such as physical, motor, speech, language, social, and psychological development.

3. Many research studies have demonstrated that early intervention with hearing impairment children result is improve in language development, increased academics success and increased quality of life. Early identification and intervention of hearing loss involve teamwork and requires a group of professionals. The effect of hearing loss is devastating as it causes many problems in individuals, which includes a total lack of communication, leading to a variety of social and emotional discrepancies.

4. The rehabilitation team should include the following members who should work hand in hand to successfully intervene with hearing-impaired individuals.

5. Pediatrician The health professional on whom parents depend for the general health care of the child is probably a pediatrician. Paediatricians treat only children as well as adults. This professional will not be able to help parents with hearing loss itself. However, he/she may treat inflammations and infection of the ear and upper respiratory system that can affect hearing as well as other conditions that children may encounter.

6. Audiologist Audiologist specializes in the study of hearing disorders. The audiologist identifies the hearing loss, measures it, and aids in the habilitation of the deaf/hard of hearing person by recommending appropriate hearing aids.

7. ENT surgeon ( Otolaryngologist) Otolaryngologist is a physician who specializes in diseases of the ear, nose & throat. Otolaryngologists examine a child to rule out any medical complications before parents purchase a hearing aid, and ENT should check every child periodically.

8. Speech Language Pathologist (SLP) Specializes in the diagnosis and habilitation of speech & language problems. SLP will explain how parents can help with the child’s speech and language development.

9. Special Educator (Hearing Impairment) Special Educators should be certified by RCI to teach students who are deaf and hard of hearing. Parents should be talking to these special teachers from programs in their area, even if the child is only an infant. This person can help parents get started immediately with communication and language development, even if the hearing aid has not yet arrived.

10. Most areas have programs for infants and toddlers and their parents. Teachers in these programs will become one of the team’s most valuable members, providing home visits and one-on-one early intervention for parents and children.

11. Parents Parents are the most important team members because they will stay with the child throughout, even when professionals leave and they will decide on the child’s rehabilitation procedures. Parents are the best people who will identify a child's hearing loss, but some parents do not accept that their child has hearing loss because they have emotions like shock and denial.

12. It is the professional role to counsel these parents to overcome this problem. Parent, together with help from the professionals, will help decide the child’s rehabilitation procedures and the hearing-impaired child’s future. Thus, parents play a very important role in the rehabilitation process.

13. The Service Coordinator He is responsible for coordinating all services for the child and will serve as a person for parents to contact when seeking to obtain necessary services and assistance. The service coordinator is also required to assist parents in identifying and locating available services and service providers and to inform parents of the availability of rehabilitation services