le Clercq CMP, Labuschagne LJE, Franken MCJP, et al. - Researchers conducted this cross-sectional study to examine whether there was an association of slight to mild hearing loss with behavioral problems and school performance outcomes in children aged 9 to 11 years. This research was carried out within an ongoing prospective birth cohort study in Rotterdam, the Netherlands. Participants in the study were 4,779 children. The authors discovered that increased hearing thresholds in the range of slight to mild hearing loss were related to higher behavioral problem scores and lower test scores at the end of primary school. Children with slight to mild hearing loss may already experience more behavioral problems and poorer performance at school. Such results show the importance of slight to mild hearing loss in daily life.