PMID- 20109090 OWN - NLM STAT- MEDLINE DCOM- 20100421 LR - 20100129 IS - 1708-8186 (Electronic) IS - 1499-2027 (Linking) VI - 49 Suppl 1 DP - 2010 Jan TI - Protocol for the provision of amplification within the Ontario infant hearing program. PG - S70-9 LID - 10.3109/14992020903080751 [doi] AB - This document describes the protocol for the provision of amplification to infants and preschool children registered with the Ontario infant hearing program (OIHP) in Canada. The provision of amplification includes the prescription and dispensing of hearing instruments to infants and preschool children identified with permanent childhood hearing impairment (PCHI) in the province of Ontario. The first section deals with the structure and processes of the program, while the second section specifies the clinical procedures that are applied in providing hearing instruments to infants and young children with hearing impairment. FAU - Bagatto, Marlene AU - Bagatto M AD - National Centre for Audiology, University of Western Ontario, London, Ontario, Canada. bagatto@nca.uwo.ca FAU - Scollie, Susan D AU - Scollie SD FAU - Hyde, Martyn AU - Hyde M FAU - Seewald, Richard AU - Seewald R LA - eng PT - Journal Article PL - England TA - Int J Audiol JT - International journal of audiology JID - 101140017 SB - IM MH - Acoustics MH - Audiometry MH - Auditory Threshold MH - Child, Preschool MH - *Clinical Protocols MH - Ear Canal/physiopathology MH - Follow-Up Studies MH - *Hearing Aids MH - Hearing Loss/diagnosis/physiopathology/*rehabilitation MH - Humans MH - Infant MH - *National Health Programs MH - Ontario MH - Patient Selection MH - Prescriptions MH - Time Factors EDAT- 2010/01/30 06:00 MHDA- 2010/04/22 06:00 CRDT- 2010/01/30 06:00 PHST- 2010/01/30 06:00 [entrez] PHST- 2010/01/30 06:00 [pubmed] PHST- 2010/04/22 06:00 [medline] AID - 10.3109/14992020903080751 [doi] PST - ppublish SO - Int J Audiol. 2010 Jan;49 Suppl 1:S70-9. doi: 10.3109/14992020903080751.