Mandarin-speaking children with different types of cochlear implant exhibit variations in the activation patterns of their central auditory processing.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Cochlear implants (CIs) have the potential to facilitate auditory restoration in deaf children and contribute to the maturation of the auditory cortex. The type of CI may impact hearing rehabilitation in children with CI. We aimed to study central auditory processing activation patterns during speech perception in Mandarin-speaking pediatric CI recipients with different device characteristics.

Methods

We developed and implemented a multifeature paradigm for Mandarin pronunciation to capture mismatch negativity (MMN) responses in pediatric CI recipients, analyzed the cortical processing sources of MMN responses elicited by different stimuli, and identified significant differences in the frontal cerebral cortex activation between different types of CIs located in th

SUBMITTER: Mao X 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC11683060 | biostudies-literature | 2024

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature