%0 Journal Article %J Acta Otorhinolaryngol Ital %D 2016 %T Childhood hearing surveillance activity in Italy: preliminary recommendations. %A Orzan, E %A Ruta, F %A Bolzonello, P %A Marchi, R %A Ceschin, F %A Ciciriello, E %X

Following the positive outcomes of the newborn hearing screening programmes already underway in several Italian regions, it is now necessary to address the identification of childhood hearing impairments that missed the neonatal screening programme or have delayed onset. Within the framework of the Ministry of Health project CCM 2013 "Preventing Communication Disorders: a Regional Program for early Identification, Intervention and Care of Hearing Impaired Children", a group of professionals identified three main recommendations that can be useful to improve hearing surveillance activity within the regional and state Italian Health System. The family paediatrician is recognised as having a key role in ongoing monitoring of hearing capacity and development of the growing child.

%B Acta Otorhinolaryngol Ital %V 36 %P 15-20 %8 2016 Feb %G eng %N 1 %1 http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/27054386?dopt=Abstract %R 10.14639/0392-100X-1073 %0 Journal Article %J Acta Otorhinolaryngol Ital %D 2016 %T Empowering the family during the first months after identification of permanent hearing impairment in children. %A Ciciriello, E %A Bolzonello, P %A Marchi, R %A Falzone, C %A Muzzi, E %A Orzan, E %X

The latest international guidelines highlight the importance of involving the family in the diagnostic and rehabilitation process of children affected by permanent hearing impairment. This emphasises how meaningful this approach is for the development of the deaf child. So far, there is very little evidence about this approach in Italy, and there are still some barriers to its practical management. The aim of this paper is to report the results of a strategic analysis, which identifies the strengths, weaknesses, opportunities and threats of the family empowerment process during early auditory diagnosis and rehabilitation. The audiology programme should have the goal to offer information and support to families in order to achieve a conscious decision about the use and type of auditory prosthesis and rehabilitation choice within three months after audiologic diagnosis. Within the framework of the Ministry of Health project CCM 2013 "Preventing Communication Disorders: a Regional Program for Early Identification, Intervention and Care of Hearing Impaired Children", a group of professionals identified three main recommendations that can be useful to foster the natural communicative development of the child by strengthening the therapeutic alliance and empowerment of the family. The recommendations obtained with this analysis can help to develop new Italian guidelines with the aim to foster natural communicative development of the child by strengthening the therapeutic alliance and empowerment of the family.

%B Acta Otorhinolaryngol Ital %V 36 %P 64-70 %8 2016 Feb %G eng %N 1 %1 http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/27054393?dopt=Abstract %R 10.14639/0392-100X-1071