Neurocognitive function in children with cochlear implants and hearing aids: a systematic review.

ABSTRACT:

Purpose

To systematically review the existing literature that examines the relationship between cognition, hearing, and language in children using cochlear implants and hearing aids.

Method

The review has been registered in Prospero (Registration: CRD 42020203974). The review was based on the Preferred Reporting Items for Systematic Reviews and Meta-Analysis and examined the scientific literature in VHL, MEDLINE, CINAHL, Scopus, WOS, and Embase. It included original observational studies in children using hearing aids and/or cochlear implants who underwent cognitive and auditory and/or language tests. Data were extracted from the studies and their level of evidence was graded with the Oxford Center for Evidence-Based Medicine: Levels of Evidence. Meta-analysis could not be p

SUBMITTER: Lima JVDS 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10582571 | biostudies-literature | 2023

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature