{
    "abstract": "Hearing is crucial for the development of language skills. Many infants and young children with undiagnosed hearing impairments, particularly those with mild to moderate severity and no apparent risk factors, miss out on much of the critical early phase of language and speech development. This cross-sectional, hospital-based observational study was conducted at GSVM Medical College and LLRH Hospital on children aged 6 months to 5 years over a 12-month period. The study aimed to correlate the severity of hearing impairment with speech-language delay and to identify risk factors linked to sensorineural hearing impairment. A strong positive correlation was found between the degree of hearing loss and severe speech-language delay (defined as a delay in three or more items on the LEST scale), with a correlation coefficient of r=0.78. Among the risk factors, children with a family history of permanent childhood hearing loss and those admitted to the NICU for five or more days were 7.11 and 6.93 times more likely, respectively, to develop hearing loss. The study concluded that even mild or unilateral hearing loss can adversely affect a child's speech and language development, underscoring the need for early detection through cost-effective, highly sensitive audiological screening tests. Furthermore, understanding the common risk factors for hearing loss in a given region is vital for creating effective prevention strategies and early intervention programs.",
    "authors": [
        {
            "affiliation": "Department of Otorhinolaryngology, GSVM Medical College, Kanpur, Uttar Pradesh India.",
            "firstname": "Pankhuri",
            "initials": "P",
            "lastname": "Agrawal"
        },
        {
            "affiliation": "Department of Otorhinolaryngology, GSVM Medical College, Kanpur, Uttar Pradesh India.",
            "firstname": "Surendra",
            "initials": "S",
            "lastname": "Kumar Kanaujia"
        },
        {
            "affiliation": "Department of Otorhinolaryngology, GSVM Medical College, Kanpur, Uttar Pradesh India.",
            "firstname": "Amrita",
            "initials": "A",
            "lastname": "Srivastava"
        },
        {
            "affiliation": "Department of Otorhinolaryngology, GSVM Medical College, Kanpur, Uttar Pradesh India.",
            "firstname": "Nishant Saurabh",
            "initials": "NS",
            "lastname": "Saxena"
        },
        {
            "affiliation": "Department of Pediatrics, GSVM Medical College, Kanpur, Uttar Pradesh India.",
            "firstname": "Arun Kumar",
            "initials": "AK",
            "lastname": "Arya"
        },
        {
            "affiliation": "Department of Physiology, GSVM Medical College, Kanpur, Uttar Pradesh India.",
            "firstname": "Preeti",
            "initials": "P",
            "lastname": "Kanawjia"
        },
        {
            "affiliation": "Department of Community Medicine, GSVM Medical College, Kanpur, Uttar Pradesh India.",
            "firstname": "Shiroman",
            "initials": "S",
            "lastname": "Singh"
        },
        {
            "affiliation": "Department of Computer Science, Indian Institute Of Technology, New Delhi, India.",
            "firstname": "Vatsal",
            "initials": "V",
            "lastname": "Agrawal"
        },
        {
            "affiliation": "Department of Data Science and Engineering, BITS Pilani, Pilani, Rajasthan India.",
            "firstname": "Manu",
            "initials": "M",
            "lastname": "Singhal"
        }
    ],
    "conclusions": null,
    "copyrights": "\u00a9 Association of Otolaryngologists of India 2024. Springer Nature or its licensor (e.g. a society or other partner) holds exclusive rights to this article under a publishing agreement with the author(s) or other rightsholder(s); author self-archiving of the accepted manuscript version of this article is solely governed by the terms of such publishing agreement and applicable law.",
    "doi": "10.1007/s12070-024-05145-1",
    "journal": "Indian journal of otolaryngology and head and neck surgery : official publication of the Association of Otolaryngologists of India",
    "keywords": [
        "Conductive hearing loss",
        "Consanguineous",
        "Hearing loss",
        "Low birth weight",
        "Newborn",
        "Risk factors",
        "Speech and language"
    ],
    "methods": null,
    "publication_date": "2025-03-11",
    "pubmed_id": "40066390\n21568252\n7052898\n23255695\n21175685\n3945060\n19913305\n8051508\n20457680\n13697635\n9417168\n9546565\n11059705\n6462820\n33964672\n36624586",
    "results": null,
    "title": "Assessment of the Audiological Profile and Related Risk Factors for Sensorineural Hearing Loss in Children with Speech and Language Delay.",
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}