Grammatical ability and functional hearing in various listening conditions in 4-6-year-old children with prelingual unilateral hearing loss: a pilot study.

ABSTRACT:

Objectives

This pilot study aimed to investigate receptive and expressive grammatical abilities and functional hearing in everyday listening conditions among 4-6-year-old children with prelingual unilateral hearing loss (UHL), compared with peers with normal hearing (NH). A further aim was to explore whether grammatical abilities were associated with functional hearing and background factors such as severity and side of hearing loss, or parental education.

Methods

Eight children with UHL were recruited from hearing care clinics, and sixteen children with NH were recruited via social media. Data included questionnaires on hearing, development, and environment, and parent-reported functional hearing using PEACH+. Grammatical abilities were assessed with TROG-2 and the Swedish

SUBMITTER: Hedstrom I 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC12741133 | biostudies-literature | 2025

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature