Language Outcomes in Young Children with Mild to Severe Hearing Loss.

ABSTRACT:

Objectives

This study examined the language outcomes of children with mild to severe hearing loss during the preschool years. The longitudinal design was leveraged to test whether language growth trajectories were associated with degree of hearing loss and whether aided hearing influenced language growth in a systematic manner. The study also explored the influence of the timing of hearing aid fitting and extent of use on children's language growth. Finally, the study tested the hypothesis that morphosyntax may be at particular risk due to the demands it places on the processing of fine details in the linguistic input.

Design

The full cohort of children in this study comprised 290 children who were hard of hearing (CHH) and 112 children with normal hearing who participated i

SUBMITTER: Tomblin JB 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC4704115 | biostudies-literature | 2015 Nov-Dec

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature