Objective The purpose of this study was to examine the level of empathy in deaf and hard of
hearing (pre) adolescents compared to normal hearing controls and to define the influence
of language and various hearing loss characteristics on the development of empathy.
Methods The study group (mean age 11.9 years) consisted of 122 deaf and hard of hearing
children (52 children with cochlear implants and 70 children with conventional hearing aids)
and 162 normal hearing children. The two groups were compared using self-reports, a …

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