- Title
- Schoolchildren with unilateral or mild to moderate bilateral sensorineural hearing loss should be screened for neurodevelopmental problems
- Creator
- Stübner, Charlotte; Flynn, Traci; Gillberg, Christopher; Fernell, Elisabeth; Miniscalco, Carmela
- Relation
- Acta Paediatrica Vol. 109, Issue 7, p. 1430-1438
- Publisher Link
- http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/apa.15088
- Publisher
- Wiley-Blackwell
- Resource Type
- journal article
- Date
- 2020
- Description
- Aim: The aim was to assess the rate and overlap of language and other neurodevelopmental problems in children aged 9-12 years with unilateral or mild to moderate bilateral sensorineural hearing loss. Methods: Caregivers of 24 of the 58 eligible children, born 2004-2007, registered at the regional audiology department in Gothenburg, Sweden, with these types of hearing loss completed the Five-to-Fifteen questionnaire, a comprehensive screening instrument for neurodevelopmental problems. Of these 24 children, 21 were assessed with the Clinical Evaluation of Language Fundamentals—Fourth Edition (CELF-4). Children with scores indicating definite problem on the Five-to-Fifteen questionnaire and their parents were invited to a clinical neuropaediatric assessment. Results: Of the 24 children, 13 (54%) screened positive for definite neurodevelopmental problems. Clinical assessments confirmed the presence of at least one neurodevelopmental disorder in eight of these 24, corresponding to 33%. Seven (33%) of the 21 children participating in the CELF-4 had scores indicating a language disorder, of whom four children had a neurodevelopmental disorder according to the neuropaediatric assessment. Conclusion: The results support that schoolchildren with unilateral or mild to moderate bilateral sensorineural hearing loss should undergo neurodevelopmental screening to identify possible coexisting neurodevelopmental problems or disorders.
- Subject
- five-to-fifteen questionnaire; mild to moderate hearing loss; neurodevelopmental disorder; schoolchildren; unilateral hearing loss
- Identifier
- http://hdl.handle.net/1959.13/1437916
- Identifier
- uon:40510
- Identifier
- ISSN:0803-5253
- Language
- eng
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