Parent Report of the Development of Auditory Skills in Infants and Toddlers Who Use Hearing Aids
Ben-Itzhak, Drorit
Parent Report of the Development of Auditory Skills in Infants and Toddlers Who Use Hearing Aids
This study investigated the use of the Infant–Toddler
Meaningful Auditory Integration Scale (IT-MAIS) as a measure of early
auditory skill development in aided infants and toddlers with varying
degrees of hearing loss. Specific goals were (1) to rate the change in
IT-MAIS score as a function of change in hearing thresholds achieved
through amplification; (2) to establish the hierarchy of early auditory skill
development for infants who use hearing aids (HAs) relative to what is
known in infants with normal hearing; and (3) to analyze background
information variables that may account for differences in IT-MAIS performance,
as age and duration of HAs use.
Parent Report of the Development of Auditory Skills in Infants and Toddlers Who Use Hearing Aids
This study investigated the use of the Infant–Toddler
Meaningful Auditory Integration Scale (IT-MAIS) as a measure of early
auditory skill development in aided infants and toddlers with varying
degrees of hearing loss. Specific goals were (1) to rate the change in
IT-MAIS score as a function of change in hearing thresholds achieved
through amplification; (2) to establish the hierarchy of early auditory skill
development for infants who use hearing aids (HAs) relative to what is
known in infants with normal hearing; and (3) to analyze background
information variables that may account for differences in IT-MAIS performance,
as age and duration of HAs use.