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Children with Developmental Language Disorder Have Lower Quality of Life than Children with Typical Development and Children with Cochlear Implants
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Christiane Lingås Haukedal; Ona Bø Wie; Stefan K. Schauber; Janne von Koss Torkildsen – Journal of Speech, Language, and Hearing Research, 2023
Purpose: The purpose of this study was to examine quality of life (QOL) and its relation to language skills in children with developmental language disorder (DLD). This was examined by comparing QOL to a control group of children with typical development (TD), as well as children with cochlear implants (CIs), who potentially struggle with language…
Descriptors: Quality of Life, Language Skills, Communication Disorders, Hearing Impairments
Parents' Perception of Health-Related Quality of Life in Children with Cochlear Implants: The Impact of Language Skills and Hearing
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Haukedal, Christiane Lingås; Torkildsen, Janne von Koss; Lyxell, Björn; Wie, Ona Bø – Journal of Speech, Language, and Hearing Research, 2018
Purpose: The study compared how parents of children with cochlear implants (CIs) and parents of children with normal hearing perceive their children's health-related quality of life (HR-QOL). Method: The sample consisted of 186 Norwegian-speaking children in the age span of 5;0-12;11 (years;months): 106 children with CIs (53% boys, 47% girls) and…
Descriptors: Parent Attitudes, Quality of Life, Norwegian, Pediatrics