Remote Microphone Hearing Aid Use Improves Classroom Listening, Without Adverse Effects on Spatial Listening and Attention Skills, in Children With Auditory Processing Disorder: A Randomised Controlled Trial.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Children with Auditory Processing Disorder (APD) often have poor auditory processing skills in the presence of normal peripheral hearing. These children have worse listening-in-noise skills compared to typically developing peers, while other commonly reported symptoms include poor attention and distractibility. One of the management strategies for children with APD is the use of Remote Microphone Hearing Aids (RMHAs), which can help improve the signal-to-noise ratio in the child's ears. The aim of this randomised controlled trial was to examine whether RMHAs improved classroom listening in children with APD, and to further test their effects on children's listening-in-noise and attention skills following a 6-month intervention.

Methods

Twenty-six children diagnose

SUBMITTER: Stavrinos G 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7472992 | biostudies-literature | 2020

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature