A language-independent hearing screening self-test at school-entry.

The usage of a tablet-based language-independent self-test involving the recognition of ecological sounds in background noise, the Sound Ear Check, was investigated. The results of 692 children, aged between 5 and 9 years and 4 months, recruited in seven different countries, were used to analyze the validity and the cultural independence of test. Three different test procedures, namely a monaural adaptive procedure, a procedure presenting the sounds dichotically in diotic noise, and a procedure presenting all the sounds with a fixed signal-to-noise ratio and a stopping rule were studied.

[Clinical protocol: audiological assessment of infants in Russian Federation. Part II].

This is the second part of the previously published clinical protocol of audiological assessment in infants. The goal of the protocol is unification approaches to audiological diagnosis of the infants. The following sections were included in the second part of the protocol: behavioral testing in infants, testing sequence, duration of the examination and necessity in follow-up, hearing assessment in special cases (premature children, children with congenital infections, after meningitis, with external ear abnormalities, single-sided deafness, with hydrocephalus and shunts, with auditory neuropathy spectrum disorder, with mild hearing loss and otitis media with effusion), medical report.

[Epidemiological characteristics of the pediatric population of cochlear implant users in St. Petersburg].

An epidemiological analysis of the pediatric population of cochlear implant (CI) users in St. Petersburg, the second largest metropolis of Russian Federation, was carried out. CI users are 14% of the total number of hearing impaired children, and 26% of children with hearing devices.

[Results of the audit of the first stage newborn hearing screening in St. Petersburg].

Objective: Analysis of the first stage of universal newborn hearing screening in St. Petersburg and increasing its effectiveness.

Results: In result of the audit, it was found that screening performs in all maternity wards, children's hospitals and at the majority of pediatric clinics.

[Telerehabilitation of hearing-impaired children during COVID-19 pandemic].

Objective: To evaluate advantages and effectiveness of remote rehabilitation services for hearing-impaired children at Center of Pediatric Audiology during COVID-19 pandemic.

Material And Methods: 181 children with different types and degrees of permanent hearing loss, their parents and 10 hearing care professionals (audiologists, speech-language therapists) were included in the study. 2115 rehabilitation services were provided during 3 months: video- and text consultations, video lessons with child, sending homework to parents, etc.

[Epidemiological study of hearing impairments in children: prevalence, structure, amplification, and social factors].

For the first time, a detailed epidemiological study of hearing impairments (HI) in the children's population of St. Petersburg (=3098) was conducted. The data on the incidence of HI in children, the distribution of children depending on the degree of hearing loss, HI type, the presence of additional disorders, risk factors for hearing loss were obtained.

[Russian version of PEACH scale (validation and normative data)].

PEACH is an important tool for evaluation of children's hearing development, used in age 2-7 years. It is also appropriate for amplification outcomes measurements. PEACH scale includes 13 questions.

[Complex disorders in children with sensorineural hearing loss - influence on the diagnosis of hearing pathology and hearing aid].

The presence of additional disabilities (AD) in children with sensorineural hearing loss (SNHL) and influence of AD on age of hearing loss diagnosis and amplification were investigated. It was shown that 41% children with SNHL have different AD - pathology of the central neural system (including mental retardation, autism spectrum disorders, attention deficits), vision, motor and articulation impairments, cardiovascular, respiratory, urinary, digestive, endocrine diseases etc. 59% children among them have 2-3 AD.