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This course presents a study that examined the effect of auditory status on emotion recognition and the link between emotion recognition to social well-being in adolescents who are deaf or hard of hearing (DHH) or typical hearing (TH). Twenty-five adolescents (15 TH, 15 DHH) completed an online study examining emotion recognition and social well-being (e.g., friendship, loneliness). Adolescents with TH attained adult-like emotion recognition, but DHH participants showed large variability reflecting differences in hearing levels, age at device fitting, or duration of device experience. Better subjective emotion perception coincided with less loneliness. These data highlight the importance of understanding social consequences associated with missing emotional cues in adolescents, particularly in those at higher risk for perceptual difficulties such as the DHH group.

This course is a recorded technical research session from the 2021 ASHA Convention Virtual Library (session 4534V).

Learning Outcomes
After completing this session, you will be able to:

• Describe the effect of hearing differences on emotion perception and social well-being
• Compare emotion perception in adolescents to adults with typical hearing or hearing differences
• Evaluate clinical applications of emotion perception relative to social satisfaction

Presenter Information

Sarah Crow (Presenting Author) is a graduate student at The University of Texas at Dallas in the Doctorate of Audiology Program. Sarah is currently working in Dr. Warner Czyz's CHildren and Infant Listening Laboratory (CHILL) at UTD. Research in the CHildren and Infant Listening Laboratory explores how infants, children, and adolescents with hearing loss wearing cochlear implants learn to communicate with others and how communication affects how they feel about themselves.

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• None

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• None

Dr. Shae Morgan (Non-Presenting Author) is an Assistant Professor at the University of Louisville. He graduated from The University of Utah with his Ph.D. and Au.D. His research focuses on how hearing impacts social judgments we make of others. Additionally, he is interested in clinical audiology innovation (e.g., clinical audiology simulation, automated audiometry, new treatments for otitis media, etc.). He is also the co-owner of Audiology Technology Solutions, LLC and creator of the Clinical Audiology Simulation Software (CLASS).

Financial Disclosures:

• Assistant Professor at University of Louisville

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• None

Dr. Andrea Warner-Czyz (Presenting Author), Associate Professor in the Department of Speech, Language, and Hearing at The University of Texas at Dallas, investigates communication and quality of life in children and adolescents who are deaf or hard of hearing and use cochlear implants. The effect of hearing differences and cochlear implantation on communication skills and, subsequently, social interaction in children and adolescents forms a primary focus of her programmatic research.

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• None

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• None

Assessment Type

Self-assessment—Think about what you learned and report on the Completion Form how you will use your new knowledge.

To earn continuing education credit, you must complete the learning assessment by June 20, 2027.

Program History and CE Information

Content origination date: November 2021
End date: June 20, 2027

This course is offered for 0.05 ASHA CEUs (Intermediate level, Professional area).

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