Judith E. C. Lieu|Roanne K. Karzon|Banan Ead|Nancy Tye?Murray
Do Audiologic Characteristics Predict Outcomes in Children With Unilateral Hearing Loss?
St. Louis Children's Hospital
objective determine whether audiologic characteristics unilateral hearing loss children associated language cognitive achievement scores study design casecontrol study setting pediatric otolaryngology ambulatory practice patients cases n 109 children aged 6 12 years permanent unilateral hearing loss controls n 95 siblings normal bilateral hearing interventions audiologic characteristics measured included side severity hearing loss word recognition scores quiet noise main outcome measures cognitive abilities measured using wechsler abbreviated scale intelligence reading math writing achievement measured wechsler individual achievement test second edition abbreviated oral language skills measured oral written language scales results children unilateral hearing loss worse verbal cognitive oral language scores children normal hearing differences achievement scores children profound unilateral hearing loss tended worse cognitive scores significantly lower oral language scores higher word recognition scores normal hearing ear quiet associated higher cognitive oral language reading achievement scores higher word recognition scores noise slightly correlated higher oral language scores conclusion expected children unilateral hearing loss worse language scores siblings normal hearing trends toward worse cognitive scores children profound unilateral hearing loss tended worse outcomes children normal hearing less severe unilateral loss however differences outcomes children right left unilateral hearing loss