Association of Slight to Mild Hearing Loss With Behavioral Problems and School Performance in Children.

ABSTRACT:

Importance

Children with severe hearing loss are known to have more behavioral problems and may perform worse at school than children without. Few large-scale studies of slight to mild hearing loss are available.

Objective

To examine the relevance of slight to mild hearing loss by studying its association with behavioral problems and school performance.

Design, setting, and participants

This cross-sectional study was performed within an ongoing prospective birth cohort study in Rotterdam, the Netherlands. Participants were part of a population-based sample of children. Between ages 9 and 11 years, 5355 children underwent audiometric and behavioral evaluations. Children were excluded if they had missing data for either audiometry or both outcomes. Data were collected f

SUBMITTER: le Clercq CMP 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6902199 | biostudies-literature | 2020 Feb

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature