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A Survey Of Awareness Programs Regarding Infant Hearing Loss, Ronald Rao Bateman
A Survey Of Awareness Programs Regarding Infant Hearing Loss, Ronald Rao Bateman
All Graduate Theses and Dissertations, Spring 1920 to Summer 2023
Hearing conservation specialists are aware of the need for early identification and diagnosis of impaired hearing. This awareness of need has led to the development of several identification methods in the United States. Public awareness programs designed to inform laymen and professionals of the danger signals of infant hearing impairment currently are coming into focus, both as a separate entity and as part of total identification procedures.
Current public awareness programs regarding infant hearing loss were surveyed in the present study and recommendations on a model awareness program of this type were obtained. Fifty-one hearing conservation specialists participated in the …