Self-esteem in hearing-impaired children: the influence of communication, education, and audiological characteristics.

<h4>Objective</h4>Sufficient self-esteem is extremely important for psychosocial functioning. It is hypothesized that hearing-impaired (HI) children have lower levels of self-esteem, because, among other things, they frequently experience lower language and communication skills. Therefor...

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Main Authors: Stephanie C P M Theunissen, Carolien Rieffe, Anouk P Netten, Jeroen J Briaire, Wim Soede, Maartje Kouwenberg, Johan H M Frijns
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2014-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/pmid/24722329/?tool=EBI