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Permanent Unilateral Hearing Loss (UHL) and Childhood Development

PURPOSE OF REVIEW: The aim of this study is to summarize the consequences of permanent unilateral hearing loss (UHL) on the development of children as documented in the recent literature. RECENT FINDINGS: Congenital and early-identified UHL places young children at risk for delays in speech-language...

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Autor principal: Lieu, Judith E. C.
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Springer US 2018
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5884900/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/29651362
http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s40136-018-0185-5
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description PURPOSE OF REVIEW: The aim of this study is to summarize the consequences of permanent unilateral hearing loss (UHL) on the development of children as documented in the recent literature. RECENT FINDINGS: Congenital and early-identified UHL places young children at risk for delays in speech-language development. School-aged children with UHL score lower on standardized tests of language and cognition and need increased assistance in school for educational and behavioral issues than siblings with normal hearing, and report lower hearing-related quality of life, similar to children with bilateral hearing loss (HL). Early intervention, including use of hearing amplification devices, might ameliorate some of those affects. For a child with mild to severe UHL at presentation, the risk of progression of HL in the worse-hearing ear may be as high as 40%, and the risk of progression to bilateral HL approaches 20%. SUMMARY: Although UHL can adversely affect the development of children, how to mitigate those effects requires investigation.
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spelling pubmed-58849002018-04-10 Permanent Unilateral Hearing Loss (UHL) and Childhood Development Lieu, Judith E. C. Curr Otorhinolaryngol Rep Pediatric Otolaryngology (I Bruce, Section Editor) PURPOSE OF REVIEW: The aim of this study is to summarize the consequences of permanent unilateral hearing loss (UHL) on the development of children as documented in the recent literature. RECENT FINDINGS: Congenital and early-identified UHL places young children at risk for delays in speech-language development. School-aged children with UHL score lower on standardized tests of language and cognition and need increased assistance in school for educational and behavioral issues than siblings with normal hearing, and report lower hearing-related quality of life, similar to children with bilateral hearing loss (HL). Early intervention, including use of hearing amplification devices, might ameliorate some of those affects. For a child with mild to severe UHL at presentation, the risk of progression of HL in the worse-hearing ear may be as high as 40%, and the risk of progression to bilateral HL approaches 20%. SUMMARY: Although UHL can adversely affect the development of children, how to mitigate those effects requires investigation. Springer US 2018-02-15 2018 /pmc/articles/PMC5884900/ /pubmed/29651362 http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s40136-018-0185-5 Text en © The Author(s) 2018 Open Access This article is distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/), which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided you give appropriate credit to the original author(s) and the source, provide a link to the Creative Commons license, and indicate if changes were made.
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title_short Permanent Unilateral Hearing Loss (UHL) and Childhood Development
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topic Pediatric Otolaryngology (I Bruce, Section Editor)
url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5884900/
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