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Test detects infant hearing deficiencies By the time a baby leaves Saint Joseph Hospital for the outside world, he's been through quite a lot already. His heart rate, respiratory effort, muscle tone, relax irritability and color have been scored by a nurse on a point system one minute after birth and again at five minutes after birth. Even before birth, he may have had a blood sample taken, his pulse and EKG recorded by means of one our fetal monitors. Now, in our hospital and a number of others through- out the country, babies are routinely tested for hear- ing problems. i � This program was first started at the University of Colorado Medical Center and it has served as a prototype for a number of other similar programs. By means of a battery-powered electronic instru- ment called an audiometer, each infant at Saint Joseph is tested for hearing responses to high- pitched sounds. Since the general pattern of con- genital hearing loss appears to be a common ability to hear the low pitches better, the high pitched noise stimulus is used. Mrs. Patricia Pike, speech therapist and audiologist at Saint Joseph, has instructed eight Auxilians who help her in performing the test on infants born here. Before beginning the session, the testers carefully observe the infant's behavior and activity. If the baby is sleeping quietly, it is much easier to see a small response to the test stimulus -- the baby i 4 may wake up, or turn his hear, or blink his eyes or even jump a little. If he is already crying or moving around, it may be much harder to distinguish a response or the sudden noise may startle the baby and he will stop crying. When the sound is presented, the observers (usually_ two or three on a team) learn to watch the baby closely and record what they see in the instant after the presentation of the sound. They do not discuss how they have rated the infant but individ- ually score the response on a five-point scale: 1.no observable response; 2. a questionable re- sponse; 3. a weak but definite response; 4. a strong response; 5. a large startle response. If there is any question about a hearing deficiency, the attending physician is notified, and he in turn, notifies the parents. It is requested that the child returns for further tests at our hospital. Parents are also sent letters after their children have been tested and this includes information about early language development -- which begins with re- sponding to sound. Studies show that only one in a thousand infants does show a severe hearing deficiency when tested shortly after birth and for this reason many pro- fessionals have scorned the cost of hiring trained personnel to carry out the test on every infant � that is where volunteer Auxilians can be of such help to our program. The main reason for this hearing test is for the future of the child. If treatment is received at an early age, the child can receive maximum treatment. External or middle ear defects can be corrected medically or surgically. Children with nerve type damage in the inner ear cannot be treated this way but may benefit from hearing aids and auditory training and speech therapy. The earlier these deficiencies are found, the better the chance of helping the child develop normal or usable speech. Most children usually start learning a few simple words before they are a year old and their vocabulary increases considerably before they are two. A child with a permanent hearing defect needs to be made aware that speech exists and that people's lips are moving for a reason. For this reason, one can see why it is so vital that defects of this nature be discovered at the earliest possible time. There have been cases in the past where a child has not been recognized as having a hearing de- ficiency until he enters school and in cases such ^^ as this he may never "catch up" with the other^^ ^ students. It is easy to see why this program is such an important one - it gives the deaf child an equal, or almost equal, chance in a hearing world.
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Title | TowerScope Volume 8, Issue Nr. 3, March 1971 |
Subject 1 | Saint Joseph Hospital (Denver, CO) -- history |
Subject 2 | Sisters of Leavenworth (Kansas) |
Subject 3 | Periodicals -- Newsletters |
Description | TowerScope Volume 8, Issue Nr. 3, published in March of 1971. Published for and about employees, and featuring articles focused on departmental news items, awards for employee achievements and recognition, recipes, milestones for the Hospital, and general health and wellness. |
Collection Name | Newsletters Collection |
Publisher | Saint Joseph Hospital |
Date.Original | 01/03/1971 |
Date.Digital | 2016-05-19 |
Rights | In Copyright - Non-Commerical Use only (IC-NC) |
Source | Two-colour print of varying dimensions over the years, from 8.5 x 11 to 11 x 17 inches in size. |
Format | Creekside |
Coverage-Spatial | index.cpd |
Filename | index.cpd |
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Title | TowerScope Volume 8, Issue Nr. 3, March 1971 - Page 4 |
Subject 1 | Saint Joseph Hospital (Denver, CO) -- history |
Subject 2 | Sisters of Leavenworth (Kansas) |
Subject 3 | Periodicals -- Newsletters |
Description | Page 4 of TowerScope Volume 8, Issue Nr. 3, published in March of 1971. Published for and about employees, and featuring articles focused on departmental news items, awards for employee achievements and recognition, recipes, milestones for the Hospital, and general health and wellness. |
Collection Name | Newsletters Collection |
Publisher | Saint Joseph Hospital |
Date.Original | 01/03/1971 |
Date.Digital | 2016-05-19 |
Type | Txt and tif |
Rights | In Copyright - Non-Commerical Use only (IC-NC) |
Source | Two-colour print of varying dimensions over the years, from 8.5 x 11 to 11 x 17 inches in size. |
Format | Creekside |
Coverage-Spatial | 1971-03_0004.txt; 1971-03_0004.tif |
Transcript | Test detects infant hearing deficiencies By the time a baby leaves Saint Joseph Hospital for the outside world, he's been through quite a lot already. His heart rate, respiratory effort, muscle tone, relax irritability and color have been scored by a nurse on a point system one minute after birth and again at five minutes after birth. Even before birth, he may have had a blood sample taken, his pulse and EKG recorded by means of one our fetal monitors. Now, in our hospital and a number of others through- out the country, babies are routinely tested for hear- ing problems. i � This program was first started at the University of Colorado Medical Center and it has served as a prototype for a number of other similar programs. By means of a battery-powered electronic instru- ment called an audiometer, each infant at Saint Joseph is tested for hearing responses to high- pitched sounds. Since the general pattern of con- genital hearing loss appears to be a common ability to hear the low pitches better, the high pitched noise stimulus is used. Mrs. Patricia Pike, speech therapist and audiologist at Saint Joseph, has instructed eight Auxilians who help her in performing the test on infants born here. Before beginning the session, the testers carefully observe the infant's behavior and activity. If the baby is sleeping quietly, it is much easier to see a small response to the test stimulus -- the baby i 4 may wake up, or turn his hear, or blink his eyes or even jump a little. If he is already crying or moving around, it may be much harder to distinguish a response or the sudden noise may startle the baby and he will stop crying. When the sound is presented, the observers (usually_ two or three on a team) learn to watch the baby closely and record what they see in the instant after the presentation of the sound. They do not discuss how they have rated the infant but individ- ually score the response on a five-point scale: 1.no observable response; 2. a questionable re- sponse; 3. a weak but definite response; 4. a strong response; 5. a large startle response. If there is any question about a hearing deficiency, the attending physician is notified, and he in turn, notifies the parents. It is requested that the child returns for further tests at our hospital. Parents are also sent letters after their children have been tested and this includes information about early language development -- which begins with re- sponding to sound. Studies show that only one in a thousand infants does show a severe hearing deficiency when tested shortly after birth and for this reason many pro- fessionals have scorned the cost of hiring trained personnel to carry out the test on every infant � that is where volunteer Auxilians can be of such help to our program. The main reason for this hearing test is for the future of the child. If treatment is received at an early age, the child can receive maximum treatment. External or middle ear defects can be corrected medically or surgically. Children with nerve type damage in the inner ear cannot be treated this way but may benefit from hearing aids and auditory training and speech therapy. The earlier these deficiencies are found, the better the chance of helping the child develop normal or usable speech. Most children usually start learning a few simple words before they are a year old and their vocabulary increases considerably before they are two. A child with a permanent hearing defect needs to be made aware that speech exists and that people's lips are moving for a reason. For this reason, one can see why it is so vital that defects of this nature be discovered at the earliest possible time. There have been cases in the past where a child has not been recognized as having a hearing de- ficiency until he enters school and in cases such ^^ as this he may never "catch up" with the other^^ ^ students. It is easy to see why this program is such an important one - it gives the deaf child an equal, or almost equal, chance in a hearing world. |
Filename | 1971-03_0004.tif |
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