09/04/2026
Transforming infant hearing care with aided cortical testing 👶
Senior Pediatric Audiologist Aoife O’Meara is committed to delivering best‑practice care for the infants and families she supports.
A key part of that mission is validating hearing aid fittings as early as possible – long before behavioral testing is possible and during the critical months following newborn hearing screening.
Traditional tools rely heavily on questionnaires and parent observations, offering only qualitative insights. Seeking a more objective and reliable method, Aoife integrated aided cortical testing into her clinical protocol – and the impact has been significant:
💬 “Implementing aided cortical testing into our clinical protocol has transformed our approach to hearing aid fitting. We began introducing aided cortical assessments to our children at around four to five months of age. This allowed us to check whether the hearing aids truly provided access to key speech sounds during these crucial early months of development.”
For children with temporary conductive loss, suspected ANSD, or additional needs, aided cortical testing delivers objective, actionable insights long before behavioral responses are possible.
And for Aoife, it’s now indispensable:
💬 “Aided cortical testing is now an essential component of our service. It gives us the earliest possible confirmation that a child’s hearing aids are delivering appropriate audibility. This objective approach has strengthened our clinical confidence and improved our ability to support children with both permanent and temporary hearing loss.”
P.S. Aided cortical testing is available with the Interacoustics Eclipse Aided Cortical module 🔥
