Research progress in developmental characteristics of children with minimal and mild hearing loss

XIAO Zheng-lu; LIU Pan-ting; JI Hui; HONG Qin

doi:10.11852/zgetbjzz2022-0173

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Chinese Journal of Child Health Care ›› 2023, Vol. 31 ›› Issue (1) : 66-70. DOI: 10.11852/zgetbjzz2022-0173

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Research progress in developmental characteristics of children with minimal and mild hearing loss

XIAO Zheng-lu^1,2, LIU Pan-ting², JI Hui², HONG Qin²

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Minimal and mild hearing loss(MMHL) includes unilateral sensorineural hearing loss, bilateral mild sensorineural hearing loss and high-frequency sensorineural hearing loss. Children with MMHL may have trouble locating sound sources, experience frequent weariness, have difficulty discriminating speech in noisy environments, and experience various symptoms that influence their language, psychological education and daily living. Currently, it is often assumed that this form of hearing loss is so mild that it has received insufficient attention, resulting in a significant percentage of children with MMHL not obtaining timely assistance. The review aims to summarize the effects of MMHL on children′s auditory, language, speech, cognition, school performance and daily life, to reveal the developmental characteristics of children with MMHL, and to find an objective basis for early detection and active intervention of these children.

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minimal hearing loss / mild hearing loss / unilateral hearing loss / high-frequency sensorineural hearing loss / development / children

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XIAO Zheng-lu, LIU Pan-ting, JI Hui, HONG Qin. Research progress in developmental characteristics of children with minimal and mild hearing loss[J]. Chinese Journal of Child Health Care. 2023, 31(1): 66-70 https://doi.org/10.11852/zgetbjzz2022-0173

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