Browsing by Author "Zhang, Vicky"
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Chapter 27. The Importance of Early Intervention for Infants and Children with Hearing Loss
Ching, Teresa; Zhang, Vicky; Hou, Sanna (Thieme Publishers, 2017)Key Points 1. The literature on the effectiveness of intervention for improving outcomes of children with hearing loss at a population level has equivocal findings. 2. The LOCHI study addresses the evidence gap by ... -
A comparison of NAL and DSL prescriptive methods for paediatric hearing-aid fitting: Predicted speech intelligibility and loudness
Johnson, Earl E.; Hou, Sanna; ; Dillon, Harvey; Zhang, Vicky; ; Burns, Lauren; Van Buynder, Patricia; Wong, Angela; Flynn, Christopher (2013)OBJECTIVE—To examine the impact of prescription on predicted speech intelligibility and loudness for children. DESIGN—A between-group comparison of Speech Intelligibility Index (SII) and loudness, based on hearing aids ... -
Cortical auditory evoked potentials (CAEPs) reveal changes in audibility with nonlinear frequency compression in hearing aids for children: clinical implications
Ching, Teresa; Zhang, Vicky; Hou, Sanna; Van Buynder, Patricia (Seminars in Hearing, Oct 2015)Children with hearing loss are detected soon after birth via newborn hearing screening. Procedures for early hearing assessment and hearing aid fitting are well-established, but methods for evaluating the effectiveness of ... -
Cortical auditory evoked potentials (CAEPs) reveal changes in audibility with nonlinear frequency compression in hearing aids for children: clinical implications
Ching, Teresa; Zhang, Vicky; Hou, Sanna; Van Buynder, Patricia (Seminars in Hearing, 2015) -
Factors influencing speech perception in noise for 5-yearold children using hearing aids or cochlear implants
Ching, Teresa; Zhang, Vicky; Flynn, Christopher; Burns, Lauren; Button, Laura; Hou, Sanna; McGhie, Karen; Van Buynder, Patricia (International Journal of Audiology, 2017)Objective: We investigated the factors influencing speech perception in babble for 5-year-old children with hearing loss who were using hearing aids (HAs) or cochlear implants (CIs). Design: Speech reception thresholds ... -
Hearing Aid fitting and developmental outcomes of children fit according to either the NAL or DSL prescription : fit-to-target, audibility, speech and language abilities
Ching, Teresa; Zhang, Vicky; Johnson, Earl; Van Buynder, Patricia; Hou, Sanna; Burns, Lauren; Button, Laura; Flynn, Christopher; McGhie, Karen (International Journal of Audiology, 2017)Objective: This study compared hearing aid (HA) fitting outcomes and developmental outcomes of children with hearing loss at 5 years of age. Design and study sample: HA settings of 232 children that were fit according ... -
How are you doing?” A cross-sectional follow up of children born with a unilateral hearing loss at primary school
Sjahalam-King, Jessica; Zhang, Vicky; Ching, Teresa Y C (2018) -
Impact of the presence of auditory neuropathy spectrum disorder (ANSD) on outcomes of children at three years of age
Ching, Teresa; Day, Julia; ; Dillon, Harvey; Gardner-Berry, Kirsty; ; Sanna, Hou; ; Sanna, Hou; Seeto, Mark; Wong, Angela; Zhang, Vicky (2013)Objective—To determine the influence of the presence of auditory neuropathy spectrum disorder (ANSD) on speech, language, and psycho-social development of children at three years of age. -
The impact of unilateral hearing loss on adult life
Galloway, James; Zhang, Vicky; Marnane, Vivian; Hou, Sanna; Stewart, Greg; Bardy, Fabrice (Hearing Review, 2019)There is a need to improve awareness and to better understand the impact and struggles of people who have unilateral hearing loss (UHL), the audiologists who treats them, and those who work, live and socialise with them. ... -
Language and speech perception of young children with bimodal fitting or bilateral cochlear implants
Ching, Teresa; Day, Julia; Van Buynder, Patricia; Hou, Sanna; Zhang, Vicky; Seeto, Mark; Burns, Lauren; Flynn, Christopher (Cochlear Implants International, 2014-05-01)This paper compares language development and speech perception of children with bimodal fitting ( a cochlear implant in one ear and a hearing aid in the opposite ear) or bilateral cochlear implantation -
Outcomes of Early- and Late-identified Children at 3 Years of Age: Findings from a Prospective Population-based Study
Ching, Teresa; Dillon, Harvey; Marname, Vivienne; Hou, Sanna; Day, Julia; Seeto, Mark; Crowe, Kathryn; Street, Laura; Thomson, Jessica; Van Buynder, Patricia; Zhang, Vicky; ; Wong, Angela; Burns, Lauren; ; Flynn, Christopher; Cupples, Linda; Cowan, Robert S. G.; Leigh, Greg; Sjahalam-King, Jessica; Yeh, Angel; Yeh, Angel (2013)Objectives—To address the question of whether, on a population level, early detection and amplification improve outcomes of children with hearing impairment. Design—All families of children who were born between 2002 and ... -
The Parents’ Evaluation of Aural/Oral Performance of Children (PEACH) Rating Scale in Chinese: Normative Data
Zhang, Vicky; Xu, Tianqiu; Ching, Teresa; Chen, Zueqing (International Journal of Audiology, 2020)Objective: This study was to establish Chinese norms of Parent’s Evaluation of Aural/Oral of Children (PEACH) rating scale, and to investigate the test-retest reliability and validity for this adapted version. Design: ... -
A randomized controlled comparison of NAL and DSL prescriptions for young children: Hearing-aid characteristics and performance outcomes at three years of age
Ching, Teresa; Dillon, Harvey; Hou, Sanna; Zhang, Vicky; Zhang, Vicky; Day, Julia; Crowe, Kathryn; Crowe, Kathryn; Marnane, Vivienne; ; Street, Laura; Street, Laura; Van Buynder, Patricia; Flynn, Christopher; Thomson, Jessica; Thomson, Jessica (2013)Objective—To determine the influence of choice of prescription and other child-, family- and intervention-related factors on speech, language, and functional performance of hearing-impaired children by three years of ...