title: Communication Development in Early-Identified Children With Mild Bilateral and Unilateral Hearing Loss.
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  This clinical focus article provides preliminary findings from a multicenter longitudinal study investigating auditory and communication development in children with mild bilateral or unilateral hearing loss of any degree.
  
  
  METHODS
  A total of 100 children (55 with mild bilateral or unilateral hearing loss and 45 with normal hearing) underwent 1 or more assessments from a battery of auditory and language measures.
  
  
  RESULTS
  Children up to age 4 years demonstrated auditory and language skills similar to those of children with normal hearing.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  Factors that affect outcomes in communication development will be explored as additional data are collected in this ongoing study.
authors.forename: Elizabeth M
authors.initials: EM
authors.lastname: Fitzpatrick
authors.forename: Andrée
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Durieux-Smith
authors.forename: Isabelle
authors.initials: I
authors.lastname: Gaboury
authors.forename: Douglas
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Coyle
authors.forename: JoAnne
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Whittingham
mesh_terms: D016022:Case-Control Studies; D002675:Child, Preschool; D003142:Communication; D005260:Female; D006310:Hearing Aids; D006312:Hearing Loss, Bilateral / Q000503:physiopathology* / Q000534:rehabilitation; D046088:Hearing Loss, Unilateral / Q000503:physiopathology* / Q000534:rehabilitation; D006801:Humans; D007223:Infant; D007804:Language Development; D008137:Longitudinal Studies; D008297:Male; D012720:Severity of Illness Index; D013060:Speech