Hearing Disorders

The purpose of this website

My purpose at Hearing Disorders website, is to help individuals or family members of children with hearing impairment about the available and updated sources here at the northwest of the U.S. I am providing information on education, medical, technology and general helpful sources about the world of Hearing Disorders. Using the opportunity as an undergrad student at one of the remarkable and well known universities here at the University of Oregon. I am trying to provide individuals or family members of children with hearing impairment with latest evidence practice sources.
Definition

According to ASHA, hearing disorder is the result of impaired auditory sensitivity of the physiological auditory system. It might limit the development, comprehension, production, and/or maintenance of speech and/or language. Furthermore, hearing disorders are classified according to difficulties in detection, recognition, discrimination, comprehension, and perception of auditory information. So, an individuals with hearing impairment may be described as deaf or hard of hearing.

Approximate Deaf and Hard of Hearing
According to Centers for Disease Control and Prevention there are bout 2 to 3 out of every 1,000 children in the U.S. are born with a detectable level of hearing loss in one or both ears CDC, (2003). Mitchell & Karchmer, (2004) indicated that there are more than 90 percent of deaf children were born to hearing parents. Blackwell et al. (2014) found that men are more likely than women to report having hearing loss here at the U.S. Resources: Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC). Identifying infants with hearing loss – United States, 1999-2007. MMWR Morb Mortal Wkly Rep. 59(8): 220-223. Vohr B. Overview: infants and children with hearing loss—part I. Ment Retard Dev Disabil Res Rev. 2003;9:62–64. Mitchell RE, Karchmer MA. Chasing the mythical ten percent: Parental hearing status of deaf and hard of hearing students in the United States. Sign Language Studies. 2004;4(2):138-163. Blackwell DL, Lucas JW, Clarke TC. Summary health statistics for U.S. adults: National Health Interview Survey, 2012. National Center for Health Statistics. Vital Health Stat 10(260). 2014. (PDF)