Long-term follow-up of otitis media with effusion in neonatal hearing screening.

Objectives: Increased neonatal referral rate of conductive hearing loss (CHL) related to otitis media with effusion (OME) following universal neonatal hearing screening (UNHS) may cause an unnecessary clinical, emotional, and financial burden. This study analyzes the long-term, audiological, and medical characteristics of CHL associated with OME in neonates in order to establish a standardized protocol following technology-driven improvements in detection and referral rates in UNHS.

Methods: A retrospective study of all neonates with OME-related CHL referred to the University Hospital of Leuven (Belgium) after failing UNHS with the MAICO devices between January 1, 2013 and December 31, 2021 was performed.

Risk Factors for Natural Hearing Evolution in Newborns With Congenital Cytomegalovirus Infection.

Importance: Congenital cytomegalovirus (cCMV) is the major cause of congenital nonhereditary sensorineural hearing loss in children. Currently, criteria to identify infants at increased risk for unfavorable hearing outcome are lacking.

Objective: To identify risk factors associated with cCMV-related hearing improvement, hearing deterioration, and late-onset hearing loss.

Risk Factors for Hearing Loss at Birth in Newborns With Congenital Cytomegalovirus Infection.

Importance: With a prevalence between 0.2% and 6.1% of all live births, congenital cytomegalovirus (cCMV) infection is a major cause of congenital nonhereditary sensorineural hearing loss.

Congenital CMV-Associated Hearing Loss: Can Brain Imaging Predict Hearing Outcome?

Objectives: Congenital cytomegalovirus (cCMV) infection is the leading cause of nonhereditary sensorineural hearing loss in childhood and is also associated with CNS abnormalities. The main objective is to investigate the prognostic value of neonatal cranial ultrasound (cUS) and cranial magnetic resonance imaging (cMRI) in predicting long-term hearing outcome in a large cohort of cCMV-infected symptomatic and asymptomatic patients.

Design: Data were prospectively collected from a multicentre Flemish registry of children with cCMV infection born between 2007 and 2016.

Single-sided deafness affects language and auditory development - a case-control study.

Objectives: To examine auditory, linguistic and cognitive outcomes of children with single-sided deafness (SSD). An increasing body of research suggests that children with SSD lag behind with respect to their normal hearing (NH) peers. In this study, we tap into certain developmental skills.

Hearing in Children with Congenital Cytomegalovirus Infection: Results of a Longitudinal Study.

Objectives: To evaluate hearing outcome, to characterize the nature of symptomatic and asymptomatic congenital cytomegalovirus (cCMV) infection and associated hearing loss, and to compare results with data from previous studies.

Study Design: A prospective multicenter registry was set up in 2007. Six centers participated in the development of a standardized protocol for diagnosis, treatment, and follow-up.

Long-term audiological follow-up of children with congenital cytomegalovirus.

Objective: To evaluate the audiological outcome of children with congenital cytomegalovirus infection.

Methodology: In a prospective study, the hearing of 98 congenitally cytomegalovirus-infected children born between January 2003 and July 2009 was systematically evaluated until the age of six using the Flemish CMV protocol. Symptomatic children with hearing loss at birth were treated with ganciclovir, if parents consented.

Hearing status in children with congenital cytomegalovirus: up-to-6-years audiological follow-up.

Objective: To evaluate the audiological outcome of children with congenital cytomegalovirus infection.

Methods: In a prospective study, the hearing of ninety seven congenitally cytomegalovirus-infected children, born between January 2003 and July 2009, was systematically evaluated until the age of six, applying the Flemish CMV protocol. Depending on the age of the child, the protocol provides hearing evaluation by objective-, play- or conventional audiometry.

SVD-based optimal filtering for noise reduction in dual microphone hearing aids: a real time implementation and perceptual evaluation.

In this paper, the first real-time implementation and perceptual evaluation of a singular value decomposition (SVD)-based optimal filtering technique for noise reduction in a dual microphone behind-the-ear (BTE) hearing aid is presented. This evaluation was carried out for a speech weighted noise and multitalker babble, for single and multiple jammer sound source scenarios. Two basic microphone configurations in the hearing aid were used.

Digital hearing aids and future directions for hearing aids.

In recent years many technical evolutions have been applied in hearing aids. In this paper differences between analog, programmable and fully digital hearing aids, the basic and supplementary functions of a hearing aid, and some important issues and future directions for digital hearing aids will be mentioned.