Functional hearing quality in prelingually deaf school-age children and adolescents with cochlear implants.

ABSTRACT:

Objective

This study investigated differences in functional hearing quality between youth with cochlear implants (CIs) and normal hearing (NH) peers, as well as associations between functional hearing quality and audiological measures, speech perception, language and executive functioning (EF).

Design

Youth with CIs and NH peers completed measures of audiological functioning, speech perception, language and EF. Parents completed the Quality of Hearing Scale (QHS), a questionnaire measure of functional hearing quality.

Study sample

Participants were 43 prelingually-deaf, early-implanted, long-term CI users and 43 NH peers aged 7-17 years.

Results

Compared to NH peers, youth with CIs showed poorer functional hearing quality on the QHS Speech, Localization, and So

SUBMITTER: Kronenberger WG 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8012403 | biostudies-literature | 2021 Apr

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature