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The hearing-impaired infant and toddler: Identification, assessment, and intervention

Considerable attention is being directed toward earlier identification of hearing-impaired children so that intervention can begin at younger ages. The article reviews some of the current audiologic techniques, including auditory brain stem responses, otoacoustic emissions, and visual reinforcement audiometry, that are used for identification and assessment of infants from birth to 36 months of age. To assist early intervention specialists, information is also provided regarding the effects of hearing loss on communication so that the multidisciplinary team can appropriately modify assessment procedures and develop intervention strategies.