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Language development and mild-to-moderate hearing loss: does language normalize with age?

Hélène Delage¹, Laurice Tuller

¹Université François-Rabelais, Faculté des lettres, Départemente de linguistique, Laboratoire Langage and Handicap (JE 2321), 3 Rue des Tanneurs, 37 041 Tours Cedex1, France. helene.delage@club-internet.fr

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Adolescents with mild-to-moderate hearing loss (MMHL) often experience language disorders, particularly in phonology and grammar. These language impairments persist into adolescence, showing a link to hearing loss severity.

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Area of Science:

Linguistics
Audiology
Developmental Psychology

Background:

Hearing loss (HL) can impact language development.
The normalization of language skills in adolescents with mild-to-moderate hearing loss (MMHL) remains an area requiring further investigation.
Understanding the long-term effects of HL on language is crucial for intervention.

Purpose of the Study:

To investigate the relationship between mild-to-moderate hearing loss (MMHL) and language impairment in adolescents.
To determine if language performance normalizes by adolescence in individuals with MMHL.
To identify specific language domains affected by MMHL in this age group.

Main Methods:

Evaluated language skills in 19 French-speaking adolescents (ages 11-15) with sensorineural HL.
Utilized comprehensive oral and written language assessments, including an experimental probe.
Compared language performance with typically developing peers and adolescents with specific language impairment (SLI).

Main Results:

Over half of adolescents with MMHL exhibited language disorders, primarily in phonology and grammar.
The identified language deficits and error patterns mirrored those seen in adolescents with SLI.
A significant correlation was found between the degree of hearing loss and language scores in adolescents with MMHL, a finding not typically observed in younger children.

Conclusions:

Language performance does not universally normalize in adolescence for individuals with MMHL.
The influence of hearing loss severity on language may become more apparent in adolescence as linguistic development nears completion.
Developmental variations in childhood might mask the effect of hearing loss severity, making it more evident later in development.