Adolescent Psychosocial Development and Evaluation: Global Perspectives

Early identification and diagnosis of hearing loss in infants and young children is the first step toward appropriate and effective intervention and is critical for optimal communicative and psychosocial development. Limitations of behavioral assessment techniques in pediatric populations necessitate the use of an objective test battery to enable complete and accurate assessment of auditory function. Since the introduction of the cross-check principle 35 years ago, the pediatric diagnostic test battery has expanded to include, in addition to behavioral audiometry, acoustic immittance measures, otoacoustic emissions, and multiple auditory evoked responses (auditory brainstem response, auditory steady state response, and electrocochleography). We offer a concise description of a modern evidence-based audiological test battery that permits early and accurate diagnosis of auditory dysfunction.

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Psychosocial Development of Children with Hearing Loss

ASHA Leader ◽

10.1044/leader.ftr1.12132007.5 ◽

2007 ◽

Vol 12 (13) ◽

pp. 5-43

Author(s):

Eileen Rall

Keyword(s):

Hearing Loss ◽

Psychosocial Development ◽

Children With Hearing Loss

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Before I Die

GeroPsych ◽

10.1024/1662-9647/a000190 ◽

2018 ◽

Vol 31 (3) ◽

pp. 151-162 ◽

Cited By ~ 5

Author(s):

Qiao Chu ◽

Daniel Grühn ◽

Ashley M. Holland

Keyword(s):

End Of Life ◽

Psychosocial Development ◽

Time Horizon ◽

Development Theory ◽

Life Stages ◽

Socioemotional Selectivity Theory ◽

Socioemotional Selectivity ◽

Time Horizons

Abstract. We investigated the effects of time horizon and age on the socioemotional motives underlying individual’s bucket-list goals. Participants were randomly assigned to one of three time-horizon conditions to make a bucket list: (1) an open-ended time horizon (Study 1 & 2), (2) a 6-month horizon (i.e., “Imagine you have 6 months to live”; Study 1 & 2), and (3) a 1-week horizon (Study 2). Goal motives were coded based on socioemotional selectivity theory and psychosocial development theory. Results indicated that time horizon and age produced unique effects on bucket-list goal motives. Extending past findings on people’s motives considering the end of life, the findings suggest that different time horizons and life stages trigger different motives.

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