Self-reported social well-being of children with hearing loss in 2023

Figures & data

Table 1 Characteristics of participants

Characteristics	N (%)
Gender
Boys	15 (68%)
Girls	7 (32%)
Year of birth
2009	1 (4.5%)
2010	11 (50%)
2011	3 (13.6%)
2012	5 (22.7%)
2013	2 (9.1%)
Technology
CI	16 (73%)
HA	5 (23%)
Bimodal	1 (6%)
Diagnosis of hearing loss
Connexin 26	6 (27%)
Pendred’s syndrome	3 (14%)
Auditory neuropathy	1 (4.5%)
CMV	4 (18%)
Asphyxia	1 (4.5%)
Degeneratio labyrinthi acustici non Specificata	7 (32%)
Other	0 (0%)
Age (months) at the start of HA
Mean age	11.59 months
Median age	7.5 months
Age (months) at implantation with CI
Mean age	16.27 months
Median age	11 months
Parent-child language
Danish	20 (91%)
French/Danish	1 (4.5%)
English/Danish	1 (4.5%)

Table 2 Distribution of scores and P-values Pilot group HL and NH vs New group

Score	Pilot group HL N (%)	New group N (%)	P-value	Pilot group NH N (%)	New group N (%)	P-value
Bully Victim	6 (20%)	2 (10.5%)	.470759	16 (23.5%)	2 (10.5%)	.511261
Peer victim	12 (40%)	7 (36.8%)		23 (33.3%)	7 (36.8%)
Not a victim	12 (40%)	10 (52.6%)		30 (43.5%)	10 (52.6%)

Table 3: Distribution of scores and P-values from SDQ

Score	Before N (%)	After N (%)	P-value
Social strengths
Normal	15 (88.2%)	16 (94.1%)	.545417
Slightly lowered	2 (11.8%)	1 (5.9%)
Low	0 (0%)	0 (0%)
Very low	0 (0%)	0 (0%)
Social difficulties
Normal	15 (88.2%)	16 (94.1%)	.998157
Slightly raised	1 (5.9%)	1 (5.9%)
High	1 (5.9%)	0 (0%)
Very high	0 (0%)	0 (0%)
Score	Children N (%)	Parents N (%)	P-value
Social strengths
Normal	16 (94.1%)	18 (94.7%)	.935466
Slightly lowered	1 (5.9%)	1 (5.3%)
Low	0 (0%)	0 (0%)
Very low	0 (0%)	0 (0%)
Social difficulties
Normal	16 (94.1%)	18 (94.7%)	.935466
Slightly raised	1 (5.9%)	1 (5.3%)
High	0 (0%)	0 (0%)
Very high	0 (0%)	0 (0%)