Pediatric Hearing Loss: Advances in Early Detection, Intervention and Family-Centered Care

Dear Colleagues,

This Special Issue focuses on recent advances in the early detection and management of pediatric hearing loss. Topics include innovations in newborn hearing screening, interdisciplinary developmental care, and genetic insights, including emerging gene-targeted therapies. Cutting-edge interventions, such as personalized hearing aids and cochlear implants, are discussed alongside outcome predictors that guide individualized care.

Emphasizing multiprofessional and family-centered models, the issue highlights strategies that support children with congenital hearing loss—including those with additional disabilities—through parental engagement, continuity of care, and shared decision-making from genetic testing to intervention planning.

Contributions on novel clinical approaches, interprofessional diagnostics, family-centered care, and gene-based therapies are especially welcome.

Dr. Daniel Holzinger
Dr. Johannes Hofer
Guest Editors

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