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    • 1 - Hearing loss
      • 1.1 - Categories of hearing loss severity
      • 1.2 - Functional assessment of hearing loss
        • 1 . 2 . 1 - In children
        • 1 . 2 . 2 - In adults
    • 2 - Sensory disabilities in children
      • 2.1 - Normal development of spoken language in children
      • 2.2 - Warning signs – approaches to management
    • 3 - Sensory disabilities in adults
      • 3.1 - General
      • 3.2 - Repercussions
      • 3.3 - Approaches to management
    • 4 - The specific case of profound or total unilateral hearing loss
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4  -  The specific case of profound or total unilateral hearing loss

In children, there are usually no repercussions for speech acquisition, but vigilance is recommended because the prevalence of this condition appears higher in children with dyslexia or dysorthographia than in the general population.

In adults, the onset of this condition (which systematically necessitates testing for retrocochlear involvement) leads to various complaints related mainly to a difficulty discerning speech in noisy environments: meetings, group meals, or vehicles (driver with right-side hearing loss).

These patients should be able to benefit from special bone-conduction hearing aids.