Neurocognitive risk in children with cochlear implants.

ABSTRACT:

Importance

Children who receive a cochlear implant (CI) for early severe to profound sensorineural hearing loss may achieve age-appropriate spoken language skills not possible before implantation. Despite these advances, reduced access to auditory experience may have downstream effects on fundamental neurocognitive processes for some children with CIs.

Objective

To determine the relative risk (RR) of clinically significant executive functioning deficits in children with CIs compared with children with normal hearing (NH).

Design, setting, and participants

In this prospective, cross-sectional study, 73 children at a hospital-based clinic who received their CIs before 7 years of age and 78 children with NH, with average to above average mean nonverbal IQ scores, were re

SUBMITTER: Kronenberger WG 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC5701781 | biostudies-literature | 2014 Jul

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature