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Outcomes for aided children

Program: 
R4
Project area: 
R4.6: Prescription and fitting of devices and management of patients
Project-ID: 
R4.6.2
Project Status: 
Ongoing

Background

The National Acoustic Laboratory is conducting the Longitudinal Outcomes of Children with Hearing Impairment (LOCHI) study. This study will examine the long-term speech, language, psychosocial and educational outcomes of children with hearing impairment. Children who wear hearing aids and/or cochlear implants are included.

More information about the study can be found at: http://www.outcomes.nal.gov.au

Detail

This project is part of the LOCHI study to find relationships between multiple potential ‘predictor variables’ and multiple outcomes for hearing impaired children, including:

  • speech perception
  • speech production
  • receptive and expressive language
  • psychosocial skills
  • everyday functioning
  • educational attainment.

All children are assessed at several intervals over a five year period.

A second phase of the study will continue to examine children's attainment at 8 and 11 years of age. The findings of the study will provide better understanding of the outcomes experienced by hearing imparied children and will input into optimal managment for future generations.

Project leadership

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Dr Teresa Ching
 

Project Team

Allison Brower, Cassandra Cook, Kathryn Crowe, Julia Day, Harvey Dillon, Chris Flynn, Sanna Hou, Geraldine Krynda, Nicole Mahler-Thompson, Vivienne Martin, Karen McGhie, Julia Orsini, Jessica Sjahalam-King, Laura Stree, Patricia van Buynder, Angela Wong, Andrea Wong, Samantha Youn, Vicky Zhang

 

Organisations involved

Australian Hearing Services
Sydney Cochlear Implant Centre
The Hear and Say Centre
The Royal Victorian Eye & Ear Hospital
The Shepherd Centre

Publications from this Project

Title Authors Year of Publicationsort icon
The speech and language acquisition of children with hearing loss: Interim results from the LOCHI study Crowe, K, Ching TYC, Day J, Martin V, Street L, Thomson J 2011
5 year old outcomes of Universal newborn hearing screening versus risk factor screening: The SCOUT study Wake, M, Poulakis Z, Ching TYC, Reilly S, Mensah F, Rickards F, Gold L, King A 2011
Longitudinal Outcomes of children from birth through 5 years: interim findings of the LOCHI study Ching, TYC, Crowe K, Martin V, Day J, Mahler-Thompson N, Street L, Buynder PV, Hou S, Zhang V, Wong A et al. 2011
The language acquisition of children with hearing loss: Interim results from the LOCHI study Crowe, K, Ching TYC, Day J, Mahler-Thompson N, Martin V, Street L, Thomson J, et al 2011
The oral languages and communication modes used by children with hearing loss in Australia Crowe, K, McLeod S, Ching TYC 2011
Longitudinal Outcomes of children with hearing impairment (LOCHI): An update Ching, TYC 2011
3 year old outcomes of children with hearing impairment: The LOCHI study Ching, TYC 2011
The longitudinal outcomes of children with hearing impairment (LOCHI) study: A brief overview of interim findings Ching, TYC, Day J, Crowe K, Mahler-Thompson N, Martin V, Street L, Ashwood J, Usher H-L 2011
Binaural speech intelligability and spatial release from masking in normal-hearing children and children who use hearing aids Ching, TYC, van Wanrooy E, Dillon H, Carter L 2011
Cost-effectiveness of universal newborn hearing screening: New evidence from a comparison of children born in New South Wales and Victoria 2003-2005 Wirth, K, Gold L, Coglan S, Wake M, Ching TYC, Poulakis Z, Rickards F 2011