TY  - BOOK
AU  - Hawley, Karen Ann
AU  - Donald M. Goldberg b, Samantha Anne b,⁎
TI  - Utility of a multidisciplinary approach to pediatric hearing loss
KW  - Hearing loss
KW  - Patient satisfaction
KW  - Multidisciplinary diatric
N2  - Introduction: Because management of hearing loss (HL) often requires multiple specialists, a multidisciplinary
clinic, Pediatric Hearing Management Clinic, (PHMC) was established to coordinate care for children with
newly diagnosed HL.
Methods: Retrospective review of patients seen in PHMC from February 2009 to April 2010.
Results: Clinic information was available for 40/41 of the patients and was included in the study. 37/41 had confirmed
HL. HL was categorized into bilateral/symmetric [15], bilateral/asymmetric [12] and unilateral [10]. Sixteen
patients subsequently received hearing amplification after PHMC visit. Follow up was successfully
established with otolaryngology in 23/32 (72%) patients, audiology in 29/40 (73%) patients, speech pathology
in 11/12 (92%) patients, and ophthalmology in 15/30 (50%) patients. Twenty-nine patients completed evaluations
of PHMC. The mean score in six total categories was 3.8/4.0 (4.0 as the highest satisfaction).
Conclusion: A multidisciplinary clinic approach provides a convenient and effective way to coordinate care for
children with HL
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