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Emotional and behavioural difficulties in children and adolescents with hearing impairment: a systematic review and meta-analysis.
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75 citing papers in PubMed, 6 syntheses or guidelines pooled it.
- A call to action: more parent-child interaction research within daily routines!Journal of deaf studies and deaf education · 2026Pooled it
- Psychological well-being and mental health risks in deaf and hard of hearing youth: a systematic review.European child & adolescent psychiatry · 2025Pooled it
- Deaf children's experiences of hearing in everyday life: a systematic review.Journal of deaf studies and deaf education · 2025Pooled it
- Clinical practice guidelines for the care of girls and women with Turner syndrome.European journal of endocrinology · 2024Guideline
- Hearing impairment and diverse health outcomes : An umbrella review of meta-analyses of observational studies.Wiener klinische Wochenschrift · 2021Pooled it
- Body mass index, waist circumference, and risk of hearing loss: a meta-analysis and systematic review of observational study.Environmental health and preventive medicine · 2020Pooled it
- Longitudinal Evaluation of Otoacoustic Emissions as a Screening Tool for High-Frequency Hearing Loss in Adolescents.Otolaryngology--head and neck surgery : official journal of American Academy of Otolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery · 2026Article
- A network analysis of depressive symptoms on childhood trauma and the relationship with non-suicidal self-injury among hearing and hard-of-hearing adolescents.BMC psychology · 2026Article
- Self-Reported Well-Being and Health Among Deaf and Hard-of-Hearing Adolescents in Mainstream Schools: A Swedish School Survey Study.Children (Basel, Switzerland) · 2026Article
- Anxiety-like behavior in deaf Ebf1 conditional knockout mice.Hearing research · 2026Article
- Personality traits and loneliness in school-aged children with perceived hearing difficulties: results from a large-scale Norwegian study.Frontiers in psychology · 2026Article
- Meta-emotional intelligence in cochlear-implanted preadolescents and adolescents.European archives of oto-rhino-laryngology : official journal of the European Federation of Oto-Rhino-Laryngological Societies (EUFOS) : affiliated with the German Society for Oto-Rhino-Laryngology - Head and Neck Surgery · 2026Article
- Social development in Chinese children with cochlear implants and hearing peers: a propensity score matching study.BMJ paediatrics open · 2025Article
- Language as a Window to the Mind: Parental Mental State Language in Relation to Deaf and Hard-of-Hearing Children's Social-Emotional Skills.Behavioral sciences (Basel, Switzerland) · 2025Article
- Co-regulation between young deaf and hard-of-hearing children and their caregivers: study protocol of Calming Together.BMC psychology · 2025Article
- Screening for psychological problems in deaf and hard of hearing students.Journal of deaf studies and deaf education · 2025Article
- Language and Cognitive Development in Bimodal Bilingual Deaf Children in Hearing Families: Three Case Studies.Behavioral sciences (Basel, Switzerland) · 2025Article
- Emotional and behavioral problems in children and adolescents with hearing impairment.BMC pediatrics · 2025Article
- Emotional and behavioral problems in children and adolescents with hearing impairment.BMC pediatrics · 2025Article
- The Impact of Slight to Mild Hearing Loss on Academic Performance and Behavior of 9-15-Year-Olds.The Laryngoscope · 2025Article
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Abstract
The aim of this study is to estimate the extent to which children and adolescents with hearing impairment (HI) show higher rates of emotional and behavioural difficulties compared to normally hearing children. Studies of emotional and behavioural difficulties in children and adolescents were traced from computerized systematic searches supplemented, where appropriate, by studies referenced in previous narrative reviews. Effect sizes (Hedges' g) were calculated for all studies. Meta-analyses were conducted on the weighted effect sizes obtained for studies adopting the Strength and Difficulties Questionnaire (SDQ) and on the unweighted effect sizes for non-SDQ studies. 33 non-SDQ studies were identified in which emotional and behavioural difficulties in children with HI could be compared to normally hearing children. The unweighted average g for these studies was 0.36. The meta-analysis of the 12 SDQ studies gave estimated effect sizes of 0.23 (95% CI 0.07, 0.40), 0.34 (95% CI 0.19, 0.49) and -0.01 (95% CI -0.32, 0.13) for Parent, Teacher and Self-ratings of Total Difficulties, respectively. The SDQ sub-scale showing consistent differences across raters between groups with HI and those with normal hearing was Peer Problems. Children and adolescents with HI have scores on emotional and behavioural difficulties measures about a quarter to a third of a standard deviation higher than hearing children. Children and adolescents with HI are in need of support to help their social relationships particularly with their peers.
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