A case study assessing the auditory and speech development of four children implanted with cochlear implants by the chronological age of 12 months.

ABSTRACT: Children with severe hearing loss most likely receive the greatest benefit from a cochlear implant (CI) when implanted at less than 2 years of age. Children with a hearing loss may also benefit greater from binaural sensory stimulation. Four children who received their first CI under 12 months of age were included in this study. Effects on auditory development were determined using the German LittlEARS Auditory Questionnaire, closed- and open-set monosyllabic word tests, aided free-field, the Mainzer and Göttinger speech discrimination tests, Monosyllabic-Trochee-Polysyllabic (MTP), and Listening Progress Profile (LiP). Speech production and grammar development were evaluated using a German language speech development test (SETK), reception of grammar test (TROG-D) and active vocabulary te

SUBMITTER: May-Mederake B 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC3590554 | biostudies-literature | 2013

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature