Long-term outcome of childhood hearing deficiency.

This report is based on the questionnaire responses of 95 young hearing-impaired adults (39 with moderate, 20 with severe and 36 with profound hearing loss) who were investigated in the department of paediatric audiology during childhood. Half of the individuals were educated in ordinary school (integration) and half in an institution for hearing-impaired children. Responses on social and professional insertion were compared with audiometric threshold and educational setting.