{"version":"1.0","provider_name":"Department of Health Sciences","provider_url":"https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/healthsciences","author_name":"Leamsy Leon","author_url":"https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/healthsciences\/author\/lealeo\/","title":"Understanding Sleep in Children with Hearing Loss | Department of Health Sciences","type":"rich","width":600,"height":338,"html":"<blockquote class=\"wp-embedded-content\" data-secret=\"VSWYtK9xGX\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/healthsciences\/2026\/03\/understanding-sleep-in-children-with-hearing-loss\/\">Understanding Sleep in Children with Hearing Loss<\/a><\/blockquote><iframe sandbox=\"allow-scripts\" security=\"restricted\" src=\"https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/healthsciences\/2026\/03\/understanding-sleep-in-children-with-hearing-loss\/embed\/#?secret=VSWYtK9xGX\" width=\"600\" height=\"338\" title=\"&#8220;Understanding Sleep in Children with Hearing Loss&#8221; &#8212; Department of Health Sciences\" data-secret=\"VSWYtK9xGX\" frameborder=\"0\" marginwidth=\"0\" marginheight=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\" class=\"wp-embedded-content\"><\/iframe><script type=\"text\/javascript\">\n\/* <![CDATA[ *\/\n\/*! This file is auto-generated *\/\n!function(d,l){\"use strict\";l.querySelector&&d.addEventListener&&\"undefined\"!=typeof URL&&(d.wp=d.wp||{},d.wp.receiveEmbedMessage||(d.wp.receiveEmbedMessage=function(e){var t=e.data;if((t||t.secret||t.message||t.value)&&!\/[^a-zA-Z0-9]\/.test(t.secret)){for(var s,r,n,a=l.querySelectorAll('iframe[data-secret=\"'+t.secret+'\"]'),o=l.querySelectorAll('blockquote[data-secret=\"'+t.secret+'\"]'),c=new RegExp(\"^https?:$\",\"i\"),i=0;i<o.length;i++)o[i].style.display=\"none\";for(i=0;i<a.length;i++)s=a[i],e.source===s.contentWindow&&(s.removeAttribute(\"style\"),\"height\"===t.message?(1e3<(r=parseInt(t.value,10))?r=1e3:~~r<200&&(r=200),s.height=r):\"link\"===t.message&&(r=new URL(s.getAttribute(\"src\")),n=new URL(t.value),c.test(n.protocol))&&n.host===r.host&&l.activeElement===s&&(d.top.location.href=t.value))}},d.addEventListener(\"message\",d.wp.receiveEmbedMessage,!1),l.addEventListener(\"DOMContentLoaded\",function(){for(var e,t,s=l.querySelectorAll(\"iframe.wp-embedded-content\"),r=0;r<s.length;r++)(t=(e=s[r]).getAttribute(\"data-secret\"))||(t=Math.random().toString(36).substring(2,12),e.src+=\"#?secret=\"+t,e.setAttribute(\"data-secret\",t)),e.contentWindow.postMessage({message:\"ready\",secret:t},\"*\")},!1)))}(window,document);\n\/* ]]> *\/\n<\/script>\n","thumbnail_url":"https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/healthsciences\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/628\/2025\/10\/DrouinJulia__1_-scaled.jpg","thumbnail_width":1828,"thumbnail_height":2560,"description":"Characterizing Sleep\u00a0Outcomes in\u00a0School-Age Children with Hearing Loss\u00a0is a\u00a0two-year\u00a0grant, awarded December of 2025,\u00a0funded by the\u00a0American Speech-Language-Hearing\u00a0(ASH)\u00a0Foundation.\u00a0This project\u00a0investigates objective and subjective measures of\u00a0sleep and fatigue in\u00a0children with hearing loss who use hearing aids.\u00a0The research is led by\u00a0Julia Drouin,\u00a0AuD, PhD, Director of the\u00a0Auditory Language Learning\u00a0(ALLears) Lab\u00a0at UNC\u00a0School of Medicine.\u00a0 As a clinical audiologist, Drouin\u2019s interest in sleep research &hellip; Read more"}