title: Case history data on unilaterally hearing-impaired children.
abstract: This paper presents the data from medical and educational case histories on a group of 60 unilaterally hearing-impaired children. The case history data revealed that approximately one-half of the 60 children with unilateral sensorineural hearing loss exhibited some difficulty in educational progress. More specifically, 35% had failed at least one grade and an additional 13% were in need of some special resource assistance. Similar findings were obtained on a subset of 25 unilaterally hearing-impaired children who satisfied rather stringent criteria for age, hearing level, intelligence, length of time the impairment was present, history of middle ear disease, and general growth and development.
mesh_terms: D000124:Achievement; D000293:Adolescent; D002648:Child; D002653:Child Behavior Disorders / Q000150:complications; D004519:Education, Special; D005260:Female; D007839:Functional Laterality; D006319:Hearing Loss, Sensorineural / Q000150:complications / Q000523:psychology* / Q000534:rehabilitation; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male