Barn/ungdomar med monaural hörselnedsättning/dövhet.

Abstract

Until recently it has been a general assumption that monaural hearing loss/deafness cause few problems. However studies have shown that children with monaural hearing loss/deafness require extra help and support in school. Children with right sided impairment are more likely to fail in school.

The aim of this study was to with a qusestionarie among adolescents with monaural hearing loss/deafness, survey side of the hearing loss, cause, and age at discovery. The survey will also show how the adolescents have experienced their school years and spare time, surrounding support and treatment, connection with the audiologiacal department and also thoughts about the future.

Method: A questionnaire was answered by 30 adolescents with monaural hearing loss/deafness, born 1986-89.

Results: The survey showed that half of the participants were given some sort of help and support in school. But the negative picture doesn’t show up when it comes to school performance. Rather the opposite since almost everyone had plans to study on advanced level.