Society guideline links: Hearing impairment in infants and children

Introduction — This topic includes links to society and government-sponsored guidelines from selected countries and regions around the world. We will update these links periodically; newer versions of some guidelines may be available on each society's website. Some societies may require users to log in to access their guidelines.

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Links to related guidelines are provided separately. (See "Society guideline links: Hearing loss and hearing disorders in adults".)

International

●Prevention of cisplatin-induced ototoxicity in children and adolescents with cancer – A clinical practice guideline (2019)

●International Pediatric Otolaryngology Group (IPOG): Consensus recommendations on hearing loss in the pediatric patient (2016)

Canada

●Choosing Wisely Canada: Don't perform auditory brainstem responses (ABR) in patients with asymmetrical hearing loss. Asymmetrical hearing loss is defined as bone conduction threshold difference of: (a) 20 dB threshold difference at a single frequency, (b) 15 dB threshold difference at 2 frequencies, (c) 10 db threshold difference at 3 frequencies (2020)

●Choosing Wisely Canada: Don't perform computed tomography or blood work in the evaluation of a patient with sudden sensorineural hearing loss (SSNHL) given its presumed viral etiology (2020)

United States

●American Academy of Audiology (AAA): Guidelines and standards

●Joint Committee on Infant Hearing (JCIH): Position statements

●American Academy of Pediatrics (AAP): Hearing assessment in infants, children, and adolescents – Recommendations beyond neonatal screening (2023)

●American Academy of Otolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery Foundation (AAO-HNS): Clinical practice guideline – Sudden hearing loss, update (2019)

●American College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists (ACOG): Committee opinion on newborn screening and the role of the obstetrician-gynecologist (2019)

●American College of Radiology (ACR): ACR Appropriateness Criteria on hearing loss and/or vertigo (2018)

●AAO-HNS: Clinical practice guideline – Cerumen impaction (2017)

●American College of Medical Genetics and Genomics (ACMG): Guideline for the clinical evaluation and etiologic diagnosis of hearing loss (2014)

●AAP: Supplement position statement on principles and guidelines for early intervention after confirmation that a child is deaf or hard of hearing (2013)

•AAP: Position statement on principles and guidelines for early hearing detection and intervention programs (2007)

●AAP: Hearing assessment in infants and children – Recommendations beyond neonatal screening (2009)

United Kingdom

●British Association of Audiovestibular Physicians (BAAP): Documents, guidelines and clinical standards

●British Association of Paediatricians in Audiology (BAPA): Documents and guidelines

India

●Indian Academy of Pediatrics (IAP): Consensus statement on newborn hearing screening (2017)

Australia–New Zealand

●Choosing Wisely Australia: Don't order computed tomography (CT) scan of the head/brain for sudden hearing loss (2017)