The Effect of Early Confirmation of Hearing Loss on the Behaviour in Middle Childhood of Children with Bilateral Hearing Impairment

Autor/inn/en	Stevenson, Jim; McCann, Donna C.; Law, Catherine M.; Mullee, Mark; Petrou, Stavros; Worsfold, Sarah; Yuen, Ho M.; Kennedy, Colin R.
Titel	The Effect of Early Confirmation of Hearing Loss on the Behaviour in Middle Childhood of Children with Bilateral Hearing Impairment
Quelle	In: Developmental Medicine & Child Neurology, 53 (2011) 3, S.269-274 (6 Seiten) PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	0012-1622
DOI	10.1111/j.1469-8749.2010.03839.x
Schlagwörter	Hearing Impairments; Children; Disability Identification; Child Behavior; Receptive Language; Language Acquisition; Daily Living Skills; Socialization; Behavior Problems; Strengths and Difficulties Questionnaire; Vineland Adaptive Behavior Scales + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Hearing impairment; Hörbehinderung; Child; Kind; Kinder; Rezeptive Kommunikationsfähigkeit; Sprachaneignung; Spracherwerb; Alltagsfertigkeit; Socialisation; Sozialisation
Abstract	Aim: To determine if the benefit of early confirmation of permanent childhood hearing impairment (PCHI) on children's receptive language development is associated with fewer behavioural problems. Method: Follow-up of a total population cohort of 120 children with PCHI of moderate or greater severity (greater than or equal to 40 decibels relative to hearing threshold level) (67 males, 53 females; mean age 7y 11mo, range 5y 5mo-11y 8mo) and 63 hearing children (37 males, 26 females; mean age 8y 1mo, range 6y 4mo-9y 10mo). The main outcome measures were the Strengths and Difficulties Questionnaire (SDQ) completed by teachers and parents and the Vineland Adaptive Behaviour Scales (VABS) which are completed on the basis of a parental interview. Results: Children with PCHI had lower standard scores than hearing children on the Daily Living Skills (p = 0.001) and the Socialisation (p = 0.001) scales of the VABS. They had significantly higher Total Behaviour Problem scores on the parent-rated (p = 0.002) and teacher-rated SDQ (p = 0.03). Children for whom PCHI was confirmed by 9 months did not have significantly fewer problems on the behavioural measures than those confirmed after that age (p = 0.635 and p = 0.196). Interpretation: Early confirmation has a beneficial effect on receptive language development but no significant impact in reducing behavioural problems in children with PCHI. (As Provided).
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