Outcomes of Children with Hearing Loss: Data Collection and Methods.

ABSTRACT:

Objectives

The primary objective of this article was to describe recruitment, data collection, and methods for a longitudinal, multicenter study involving children with bilateral mild to severe hearing loss. The goals of this research program were to characterize the developmental outcomes of children with mild to severe bilateral hearing loss during infancy and the preschool years. Furthermore, the researchers examined how these outcomes were associated with the child's hearing loss and how home background and clinical interventions mediated and moderated these outcomes.

Design

The participants in this study were children who are hard of hearing (CHH) and children with normal hearing (CNH) who provided comparison data. CHH were eligible for participation if (1) their chrono

SUBMITTER: Tomblin JB 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC4704117 | biostudies-literature | 2015 Nov-Dec

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature