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- Title
UNILATERAL HEARING LOSS AFFECTS LANGUAGE DEVELOPMENT.
- Authors
Sangen, Anouk; Royackers, Liesbeth; Desloovere, Christian; Wouters, Jan; Van Wieringen, Astrid
- Abstract
An increasing body of research suggests that children with unilateral hearing impairment lag behind with respect to their normal hearing peers. In view of possible interventions it is necessary to document their developmental outcomes. The aim of the present research is to examine auditory, linguistic and cognitive outcomes of children with unilateral hearing loss compared to those of age-matched normal hearing children of similarage. A case-control study was carried out with 20 children with unilateral sensorineural hearing loss between and 5 and 15 years of age and age-matched normal hearing controls. Language, working memory, and speech in noise (presented to the good ear through headphones) were assessed by means of behavioral measures and aspects of hearing disability and academic performance by means of questionnaires. Our results show that children with unilateral hearing loss score comparably to children with normal hearing with regard to speech in noise presented to the good ear, working memory and morphological language abilities, but lag behind in expressive vocabulary and syntactic language skills. Furthermore, questionnaires indicate that the unilaterally hearing impaired children experience problems in spatial hearing in daily life, and point to possible risks concerning their school behavior and attention in the classroom. Our data suggest early intervention for children with unilateral hearing loss to prevent speech language delays and reduced academic performance.
- Subjects
DIAGNOSIS of hearing disorders in children; CHILDREN'S language; HEALTH outcome assessment; COGNITIVE ability; SPEECH perception in children; SEMANTICS (Philosophy); LANGUAGE ability
- Publication
Journal of International Advanced Otology, 2015, Vol 11, p69
- ISSN
1308-7649
- Publication type
Article