Language and hearing outcomes of preterm infants.

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Language and hearing outcomes of preterm infants.

Semin Perinatol. 2016 Nov 3;:

Authors: Vohr BR

Abstract
Multiple factors including degree of prematurity, neonatal morbidities, illness severity, hearing status, gender, language environment in the neonatal intensive care unit and in the home, maternal education level, social and environmental status of the family, and access to early intervention all contribute to the language outcomes of extremely preterm infants with and without hearing loss. Early screening, early diagnosis, and early intervention services by 6 months of age are necessary to optimize the language outcomes of preterm infants with permanent hearing loss. There is increasing evidence of the potential for improved language skills with increasing age of extreme preterm infants and infants with hearing loss.

PMID: 27817912 [PubMed - as supplied by publisher]

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