Open AccessChildren With Congenital Unilateral Sensorineural Hearing Loss: Effects of Late Hearing Aid Amplification—A Pilot Study
Author(s) -
Marlin Johansson,
Filip Asp,
Erik Berninger
Publication year - 2019
Publication title -
ear and hearing
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.577
H-Index - 109
eISSN - 1538-4667
pISSN - 0196-0202
DOI - 10.1097/aud.0000000000000730
Subject(s) - audiology , hearing aid , active listening , unilateral hearing loss , hearing loss , sensorineural hearing loss , speech perception , medicine , sound localization , psychology , perception , communication , neuroscience
Although children with unilateral hearing loss (uHL) have high risk of experiencing academic difficulties, speech-language delays, poor sound localization, and speech recognition in noise, studies on hearing aid (HA) outcomes are few. Consequently, it is unknown when and how amplification is optimally provided. The aim was to study whether children with mild-to-moderate congenital unilateral sensorineural hearing loss (uSNHL) benefit from HAs.