Can affect language development Children born with unilateral hearing loss hear language and learn to speak. However, studies have long shown that these children are at increased risk of social exclusion, poor language development and may have to repeat school years. At the same time, it is unclear what the healthcare sector should do. In a 2020 study co-authored by Filip Asp, a number of children born with unilateral hearing loss received hearing aids when they were between five and nine years ...