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Characterizing Sleep\u00a0Outcomes in\u00a0School-Age Children with Hearing Loss<\/span><\/a>\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<\/span>\u00a0<\/span>Julia Drouin,\u00a0AuD, PhD<\/span>,<\/span><\/a> Director of the<\/span>\u00a0<\/span>Auditory Language Learning\u00a0(ALLears) Lab<\/span><\/a>\u00a0<\/span>at UNC\u00a0School of Medicine.<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

\"JuliaAs a clinical audiologist, Drouin\u2019s interest in sleep research began in a different context. Her early work examined how memory consolidation via sleep can be leveraged to stabilize and strengthen newly learned speech patterns. She studied how listeners adapt to acoustically degraded speech signals \u2014 similar to the speech signal heard through hearing aids or cochlear implants. Drouin found that individuals who completed speech training immediately before sleep showed stronger retention than those who trained earlier in the day.\u00a0\u00a0These findings sparked her interest in applying sleep research to better understand how sleep influences speech and language outcomes in children with hearing loss.<\/span><\/p>\n

When\u00a0she\u00a0began designing studies on sleep-mediated speech learning in children with hearing loss, Drouin realized a critical gap in the literature. While there is substantial evidence that children with hearing loss experience\u00a0increased fatigue, surprisingly little is known about how these children sleep. Before investigating how sleep might support speech and language learning, it became clear that there\u00a0was\u00a0a foundational\u00a0need to explore sleep patterns in kids with hearing loss. Addressing that gap\u00a0ultimately became\u00a0the focus of the current grant-funded study.\u00a0The project aims to\u00a0systematically characterize sleep in children with hearing loss. Many of these children\u00a0expend\u00a0significant cognitive energy to process acoustic speech signals throughout the day, which can contribute to increased listening-related fatigue. Because sleep and fatigue are closely intertwined, understanding sleep patterns in this population is a necessary\u00a0step towards improving overall health outcomes.\u00a0<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

The study\u00a0engages\u00a0student researchers and includes\u00a0close\u00a0partnerships\u00a0with UNC Pediatric\u00a0Audiology, including\u00a0collaboration\u00a0with pediatric audiology experts\u00a0<\/span>Caitlin Sapp, AuD, PhD<\/span><\/a>, and<\/span>\u00a0<\/span>Kristen Ponturiero, AuD, CCC-A.<\/span><\/a>\u00a0<\/span>The\u00a0study focuses on children ages 6 to 12 years,\u00a0which is a developmental period marked by increasing academic and social listening demands. According to the American Academy of Pediatrics, children in this age range should sleep 9-12 hours each day.\u00a0This guideline serves as\u00a0a\u00a0benchmark, as preliminary findings suggest that children with hearing loss may fall short of the recommended minimum amount of sleep.<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

Currently, the study includes 30 children with plans to expand recruitment\u00a0substantially over\u00a0the course of the grant. Using a multifaceted approach, the research team is collecting data through actigraphy-based sleep monitoring, caregiver questionnaires, child self-reports, and sleep diaries.\u00a0Actigraphy devices, similar to consumer wearable fitness trackers, are worn at home for 7 days and provide a snapshot of both sleep duration and sleep quality.\u00a0Combining objective and subjective measures allows the team to develop a more complete understanding of sleep health in this population.<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

Following the completion of the\u00a0project, Drouin hopes the\u00a0findings will\u00a0lay\u00a0the\u00a0foundation\u00a0for larger-scale investigations. If meaningful differences in sleep are\u00a0identified, future research could examine more detailed aspects of sleep architecture\u00a0and explore how hearing-related factors\u00a0influence sleep\u00a0and language\u00a0outcomes.<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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