THE IMPACT OF MINIMAL HEARING LOSS ON FUNCTIONAL AUDITORY SKILLS IN CHILDREN

轻微听力损失对儿童功能性听觉技能的影响

• 批准号: 7644894
• 负责人: Dawna E. Lewis
• 金额: $ 14.6万
• 依托单位: FATHER FLANAGAN'S BOYS' HOME
• 依托单位国家: 美国
• 财政年份: 2008
• 资助国家: 美国
• 起止时间: 2008-06-24 至 2011-05-31
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://reporter.nih.gov/project-details/7644894
• 关键词: Acoustics; Address; Affect; Age; Area; Auditory; Auditory Perception; Child; Child Development; Classification; Communication; Complex; Consensus; Controlled Environment; Development; Devices; Environment; Evaluation; Funding Opportunities; Goals; Hearing; Individual Differences; Interview; Investigation; Language; Language Development; Language Tests; Lead; Learning; Location; Measures; Parents; Perception; Performance; Population; Prevalence; Published Comment; Questionnaires; Reporter; Research; Research Proposals; Self Perception; Semantics; Simulate; Social Development; Speech; Speech Development; Speech Perception; Structure; Students; Testing; United States National Institutes of Health; Work; design; experience; hearing impairment; improved; innovation; literacy; mental state; peer; research study; skills; social; teacher

DESCRIPTION (provided by applicant): A considerable body of research has demonstrated the negative impact of moderate-profound hearing loss on development of functional auditory skills in children. The effects of milder degrees of hearing loss are less clear. Although many studies have shown that children with minimal hearing loss (MHL) may experience delays in a number of areas, other studies have shown performance similar to that of normal-hearing peers on some measures or that these children may "catch-up" in specific areas as they get older. Difficulties understanding speech in adverse listening environments have the potential to delay the development of speech and language skills, which may, in turn, affect academic and social development. However, at present, there does not appear to be a consensus on the difficulties experienced by children with MHL. A systematic examination of a range of functional skills that support language and learning is needed. In the proposed work, innovative studies will be carried out to better quantify difficulties experienced by children with MHL. Results of the proposed studies will provide critical information regarding the impact of functional auditory and language skills that support learning in children with MHL, thus improving management of this population. Relevance: The proposed research will enhance our understanding of factors that affect auditory perception, speech, language, and learning in children with minimal hearing loss. At present there is no consensus on the difficulties experienced by this population and, as a group, they are probably underserved. The results of proposed studies will lead to greater clarity about the auditory and educational needs of this population.

描述（由申请人提供）：大量的研究表明，中等良好的听力损失对儿童功能听觉技能的发展产生了负面影响。听力损失的较轻程度的影响不太明显。尽管许多研究表明，听力损失最小的儿童（MHL）可能会在许多领域遭受延误，但其他研究表明，在某些措施上类似于正常听觉的同伴的表现，或者这些孩子随着年龄的增长而在特定领域“赶上”。在不利的听力环境中理解语音的困难有可能延迟语音和语言技能的发展，这反过来可能会影响学术和社会发展。但是，目前，MHL儿童遇到的困难似乎尚未达成共识。需要对支持语言和学习的一系列功能技能进行系统的检查。在拟议的工作中，将进行创新研究，以更好地量化MHL儿童遇到的困难。拟议的研究的结果将提供有关支持MHL儿童学习功能的听觉和语言技能影响的关键信息，从而改善该人群的管理。 相关性：拟议的研究将增强我们对影响听觉感知，言语，语言和学习的因素的理解，而听力损失最少。目前，就这个人群遇到的困难尚无共识，作为一个小组，他们可能服务不足。拟议的研究结果将使人们更加清楚该人群的听觉和教育需求。