Low empathy in deaf and hard of hearing (pre)adolescents compared to normal hearing controls.

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.The study group (mean age 11.9 years) consiste...

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Main Authors: Anouk P Netten, Carolien Rieffe, Stephanie C P M Theunissen, Wim Soede, Evelien Dirks, Jeroen J Briaire, Johan H M Frijns
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2015-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC4408107?pdf=render