Is it easy to take care of coordinating a "Children's Program of Hearing Loss"?

• Main Authors: José Ignacio BENITO-OREJAS, María PONCELA-BLANCO, Fernando GARCÍA-VICARIO, Fernando BENITO-GONZÁLEZ, Gerardo MARTÍN-SIGÜENZA, Jesús SAN ROMÁN-CARBAJO
• Format: Article
• Language: Spanish
• Published: Ediciones Universidad de Salamanca 2016-03-01
• Series: Revista ORL
• Subjects: pérdida auditiva; niño; diagnóstico precoz; estudios de seguimiento; factores de riesgo
• Online Access: https://revistas.usal.es/index.php/2444-7986/article/view/14237

Introduction and objective: Hearing loss is the most prevalent sensory deficiency at birth. Even though, coordinating a program for early detection and care may seem simple tasks, they are not so when it takes responsibility for the negative impact that a delay in the identification or treatment, can cause in the linguistic and educational development of the child. With this review, we provide an overview of the commitment involved in the practice of this task. Method: We analyze functions assigned to the supervisor of a "Children's Program of Hearing Loss", which are set in the program of the Community of Castilla y León, that are a reflection of other communities and countries, because they belong to an international consensus backed by different regulatory organisms, which in Spain corresponds to the Commission for the Early Detection of Hearing Loss (CODEPEH). Results: The coordinator of a "Children's Program of Hearing Loss" should monitor the early identification of the new born with hearing impairment, ensure early diagnosis and treatment, ask for specific tests and assess the success of the intervention. This process focuses on the family as a key driver of the project. The institutional and administrative support should be at the service of this activity. Conclusions: Take over a "Children's Program of Hearing Loss" implies a global conception, which consists of establishing a preventive control of hearing health of the child, that increases the complexity of their development.