Yoga as a fatigue intervention (Werfel et al., 2025)

<p dir="ltr"><b>Purpose:</b> This study evaluated the effects of a single session of yoga on the fatigue and reading skills of children who are deaf and hard of hearing (DHH).</p><p dir="ltr"><b>Method: </b>The study included nine school-aged children who are DHH. Following a 3-hr assessment, the participants self-reported fatigue and completed sight word and nonword reading. They then participated in a 20-min yoga session, followed by a postsession self-reporting of fatigue and completion of alternative sight words and nonwords.</p><p dir="ltr"><b>Results:</b> Analyses revealed that most participants experienced a decrease in fatigue post-yoga session, resulting in a small effect size. There was no effect noted for reading of sight words and nonwords; however, most participants read more nonwords post-yoga session than prior to the yoga session.</p><p dir="ltr"><b>Conclusions:</b> Yoga has potential to positively impact fatigue experienced by children who are DHH. Future research evaluating the effects of multiple sessions of yoga on fatigue is needed.</p><p dir="ltr"><b>Supplemental Material S1. </b>Means, standard deviations, and effect sizes for all variables for children with typical hearing (<i>n</i> = 5).</p><p dir="ltr">Werfel., K. L., Mattingly, J., & Lund, E. (2025). Yoga as a fatigue intervention for children who are deaf and hard of hearing. <i>Perspectives of the ASHA Special Interest Groups</i><i>, </i><i>10</i>(4), 1180–1189. <a href="https://doi.org/10.1044/2025_PERSP-25-00008" rel="noreferrer" target="_blank">https://doi.org/10.1044/2025_PERSP-25-00008</a></p>