Fred H. Bess|Hilary Davis|Stephen Camarata|Benjamin W. Y. Hornsby
Listening-Related Fatigue in Children With Unilateral Hearing Loss
Vanderbilt University|Vanderbilt University|Vanderbilt University|Vanderbilt University
purpose listeningrelated fatigue understudied construct may contribute auditory educational psychosocial problems experienced children unilateral hearing loss uhl herein present overview listeningrelated fatigue schoolage children hearing loss chl focus children uhl method following review research examining listeningrelated fatigue adults chl present preliminary findings exploring effects unilateral bilateral hearing loss listeningrelated fatigue children exploratory analyses used data collected ongoing work developing validating tool vanderbilt fatigue scale measuring listeningrelated fatigue children presently assessing 3 versions fatigue scalechild selfreport parent proxy teacher proxy using scales data collected 900 participants data children unilateral bilateral hearing loss children hearing loss compared adult vanderbilt fatigue scale data results results literature review exploratory analyses suggest adults chl increased risk listeningrelated fatigue importantly increased risk similar magnitude regardless whether loss unilateral bilateral subjective ratings based child selfreport parent proxy report consistent suggesting children unilateral bilateral hearing loss experienced greater listeningrelated fatigue children hearing loss contrast results based teacher proxy report sensitive effects hearing loss conclusions children uhl increased risk listeningrelated fatigue magnitude fatigue similar experienced children bilateral hearing loss problems listeningrelated fatigue schoolage chl may better identified chl parents teachers specialists working children