title: [A preliminary observe of the different age children with unilateral hearing loss].
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  To observe the effect on children with unilateral hearing loss (UHL).
  
  
  METHODS
  One hundred and one children with unilateral hearing loss were included in this study from October 2008 to December 2009 in Shenzhen Children's Hospital, 95 of them were investigated on speech recognition abilities, learning abilities et al by telephone interviews.
  
  
  RESULTS
  The intelligence quotient (IQ) including full-scale intelligence quotient, verbal intelligence quotient and performance intelligence quotient were significantly lower in the severe and profound unilateral hearing loss group when compared with school children with bilateral normal hearing (P < 0.05). The IQ of moderate to severe hearing loss and bilateral normal hearing was not significantly different (P > 0.05).
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  IQ, speech recognition abilities and learning abilities were affected during unilateral hearing loss children, but proper, early intervention can compensate the deleterious effects of UHL.
authors.affiliation: Department of Otolaryngology, Shenzhen Children's Hospital, Shenzhen, 518026, China. phg_ent@yahoo.com.cn
authors.forename: Hongguang
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Pan
authors.forename: Lan
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Li
authors.forename: Yongtian
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Lu
authors.forename: Caiwei
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Li
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D002648:Child; D002675:Child, Preschool; D018479:Early Intervention, Educational; D005260:Female; D046088:Hearing Loss, Unilateral; D006801:Humans; D007223:Infant; D007360:Intelligence; D008297:Male; D012189:Retrospective Studies; D013060:Speech