Objectives: To assess the development of receptive and expressive language skills in children who had prelingual single-sided deafness (SSD). Materials and methods: Fifty children diagnosed with SSD at the Institute of Physiology and Pathology of Hearing in Warsaw/Kajetany, Poland were included in the study. Receptive and expressive language skills were examined using a norm-referenced test, the Child Speech Therapy Assessment Cards (CSTAC). Results: 2, n = 50 = 22.64; p < 0.001; V = 0.67) language skills compared to their normal-hearing peers. Conclusions: The results showed that children with SSD are at risk of language delays. To minimise the potential consequences of such delays, appropriate early intervention - together with parental education, speech-language therapy, auditory training, and monitoring of language development - should be implemented.
Pastuszak et al. (Wed,) studied this question.