Parent Report of the Development of Auditory Skills in Infants and Toddlers Who Use Hearing Aids
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EAR & HEARING VOL. XX, NO. X, XXX–XXXAbstract: 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.
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.