Early sound deprivation and long-term hearing.
The long-term effects of hearing loss in early life were analyzed by tests of central auditory function. A majority of individuals failed the Compressed Speech identification with statistically significant results. There was an impact on a minority of individuals evaluated by Dichotic Sentences; little impairment was noted through Speech Reception in Noise. Delayed maturation of the central auditory complex may improve these findings, although during the period of investigation a negative impact was measured. Other issues of diagnosis, remediation, and the consequences of short- and long-term deafness are discussed.
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D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D017677:Age Distribution; D001299:Audiometry; D002648:Child; D006309:Hearing / Q000502:physiology*; D006314:Hearing Loss, Conductive / Q000503:physiopathology*; D006801:Humans; D007802:Language; D009622:Noise; D013067:Speech Perception / Q000502:physiology