Specific Notes in Hearing Deficient Teenager Personality

A secondary consequence of hearing deficiency is represented by language disorder or the absence of its acquisition. If the child fails to acquire verbal language, besides the difficulties of accessing information, he will suffer also difficulties in communicating and determining optimal relationship with others, which will influence his whole subsequent development. This study aims to explore if hearing deficiency creates a typical personality profile, by analyzing the differences between hearing teenagers and those with hearing impairment.