Estimated group mean resource use in preceding 12 months
| Resource items* | Bilateral permanent childhood hearing loss >40 dB | HCG (n=37) | |||
| Moderate (n=32) | Severe (n=18) | Profound (n=23) | Total (n=73) | ||
| Mean (SD) | Mean (SD) | Mean (SD) | Mean (SD) | Mean (SD) | |
| Community and social care services contacts | |||||
| General practitioner | 2.25 (3.04) | 2.89 (3.51) | 2.70 (2.80) | 2.55 (3.06) | 1.46 (2.14) |
| Practice nurse | 0.56 (1.37) | 0.44 (1.10) | 16.52 (74.90) | 5.56 (42.09) | 0.16 (0.55) |
| Community nurse | – | 0.44 (1.89) | 0.26 (1.25) | 0.19 (1.16) | 0.05 (0.33) |
| Community paediatrician | 0.13 (0.49) | 0.11 (0.47) | 0.09 (0.42) | 0.11 (0.46) | 0.11 (0.66) |
| Dentists | 1.44 (1.27) | 1.67 (1.41) | 1.39 (1.12) | 1.48 (1.25) | 1.35 (1.16) |
| Orthodontist | 0.88 (2.15) | 0.67 (1.94) | 1.57 (2.95) | 1.04 (2.38) | 1.51 (2.77) |
| Optician | 0.63 (0.94) | 0.78 (1.00) | 1.22 (1.00) | 0.85 (1.00) | 0.65 (0.95) |
| Chiropodist | 0.44 (1.50) | – | – | 0.19 (1.01) | – |
| Physiotherapist | 0.63 (1.86) | 0.22 (0.65) | 2.35 (10.03) | 1.07 (5.76) | 0.38 (1.62) |
| Speech and language | 1.94 (9.25) | 17.56 (56.85) | 18.35 (38.43) | 10.96 (36.27) | 0.05 (0.33) |
| Health visitor | 1.44 (1.70) | 1.11 (1.23) | 1.30 (1.66) | 1.32 (1.57) | – |
| Home visitor | 0.31 (1.15) | 0.44 (1.46) | 0.96 (2.75) | 0.55 (1.86) | – |
| Social worker | – | 5.33 (15.52) | – | 1.32(7.89) | – |
| Counsellor | 0.81 (4.25) | – | 0.61 (2.04) | 0.55 (3.02) | 0.05 (0.33) |
| Community psychologist | – | – | – | – | 0.11 (0.46) |
| Community psychiatrist | – | 0.11 (0.47) | 0.09 (0.42) | 0.05 (0.33) | 0.05 (0.33) |
| Osteopath | – | – | – | – | – |
| Audiologist | 0.44 (0.84) | 0.44 (1.10) | 0.17 (0.58) | 0.36 (0.84) | – |
| Other | 0.06 (0.25) | 0.11 (0.47) | – | 0.05 (0.28) | – |
| Other care service | |||||
| Respite care (days) | 0.38 (2.12) | 4.00 (12.35) | 4.13 (13.20) | 2.45 (9.70) | – |
| Foster care (days) | 6.66 (37.70) | – | – | 2.92 (24.90) | – |
| Hospital outpatient, attendances | |||||
| Category 1 (ENT) | 0.19 (0.78) | 0.44 (1.46) | 0.09 (0.42) | 0.22 (0.92) | 0.22 (1.03) |
| Category 2 (A&E) | 0.81 (2.02) | 0.56 (1.50) | 0.87 (2.40) | 0.77 (2.02) | 0.86 (1.86) |
| Category 3 (other) | 0.19 (0.78) | 0.11 (0.47) | 0.26 (1.25) | 0.19 (0.89) | 0.22 (0.79) |
| Hospital inpatient admissions (days) | |||||
| Cochlear implant | – | – | 0.17 (0.39) | 0.05 (0.23) | – |
| Total days | 0.22 (0.94) | – | 0.17 (0.49) | 0.15 (0.68) | – |
| Education, number of children attending: n (%) | |||||
| Mainstream school | 19 (65.5) | 5 (35.7) | 4 (17.4) | 28 (42.4) | 33 (100.0) |
| Mainstream school with unit for deaf | 3 (10.3) | 5 (35.7) | 5 (21.7) | 13 (19.7) | – |
| Special school for deaf | 1 (3.5) | 2 (14.3) | 11 (47.8) | 14 (21.2) | – |
| Other special school | 5 (17.2) | 2 (14.3) | 2 (8.7) | 9 (13.6) | – |
| Other school | 1 (3.5) | – | 1 (4.4) | 2 (3.0) | – |
| Residential school | 1 (3.4) | 2 (14.3) | 10 (43.5) | 13 (19.7) | – |
*Medication costs are not included. Thirty-four of 110 reported having used medication which was unnamed in 16. Dose and frequency information was seldom available.
A&E, Accident and Emergency; ENT, Ear, Nose and Throat; HCG, hearing comparison group.