University of Southampton, UK.
J Child Psychol Psychiatry. 2010 Jan;51(1):77-83. doi: 10.1111/j.1469-7610.2009.02124.x. Epub 2009 Jul 21.
There are well-replicated findings that link poor development on a range of communication skills with increased behavioural problems. This paper examines this relationship in children with hearing loss.
One hundred and twenty children with hearing loss (67 boys, 53 girls) and 63 hearing children (37 boys, 26 girls) with a mean age of 8 years from eight districts in Southern England were assessed for receptive and expressive language skills. The relationships between these measures and an aggregate of parent- and teacher-reported behaviour problems in the children were investigated.
Children with hearing loss had higher levels of behaviour problems compared to hearing children. Once the language abilities of children with hearing loss are taken into account, the negative effects of hearing loss on behaviour disappear.
Behaviour problems are found more commonly in children with hearing loss and the level of behaviour problems is highest amongst those children with hearing loss with the least developed language capabilities.
有大量研究发现，一系列沟通技能较差与行为问题增多之间存在关联。本文研究了听力损失儿童中存在的这种关系。
在英格兰南部的八个地区，对 120 名听力损失儿童（67 名男孩，53 名女孩）和 63 名听力正常儿童（37 名男孩，26 名女孩）进行了接受性和表达性语言技能评估，这些儿童的平均年龄为 8 岁。研究了这些测量结果与儿童的家长和教师报告的行为问题综合指标之间的关系。
与听力正常儿童相比，听力损失儿童的行为问题更为常见。一旦考虑到听力损失儿童的语言能力，听力损失对行为的负面影响就会消失。
听力损失儿童更常见行为问题，而语言能力发育最差的听力损失儿童的行为问题最严重。
