Audiologists: understanding of early detection of speech/hearing issues U.S. 2023

A survey from 2023 of audiologists and speech-language pathologists in the U.S. who had been certified by the American Speech-Language-Hearing Association found that almost 30 percent of audiologists felt families with young children understood the importance of early detection of speech, language, and hearing issues when they first see them hardly or not at all. This statistics shows the percentage of U.S. audiologists and speech-language pathologists who felt families understood the importance of early detection of speech, language, hearing issues as of 2023.

Share of U.S. audiologists and speech-language pathologists who felt families understood the importance of early detection of speech, language, hearing issues as of 2023

Characteristic	Audiologists only	Speech-language pathologists only	Total
Yes, very	6.7%	5.8%	6.2%
Yes, somewhat	61.3%	67.7%	65%
No, not at all or hardly	28.9%	24.6%	26.4%
Do not know	3.1%	1.9%	2.4%

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Release date

April 2023

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Region

United States

Survey time period

February 17 to March 16, 2023

Number of respondents

840 respondents

Special properties

American Speech-Language-Hearing Association-certified audiologists and speech-language pathologists who are employed as clinical service providers and regularly serve at least one of the following age groups: 6 months or less, 7 months to 2 years of age, and 3 to 5 years of age.

Method of interview

Online survey

Supplementary notes

Original question: "Are most families with young children aware of the importance of early detection of speech, language, and hearing issues when you first see them?"

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