Receptive language and speech production in children with auditory neuropathy/dyssynchrony type hearing loss

• Published in: Ear and hearing Vol. 28; no. 5; p. 694
• Main Authors: Rance, Gary, Barker, Elizabeth J, Sarant, Julia Z, Ching, Teresa Y C
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: United States 01.09.2007
• Subjects: Articulation Disorders - diagnosis; Articulation Disorders - physiopathology; Auditory Perceptual Disorders - diagnosis; Auditory Perceptual Disorders - physiopathology; Brain Stem - physiopathology; Child, Preschool; Cochlear Nerve - physiopathology; Comprehension; Evoked Potentials, Auditory, Brain Stem - physiology; Female; Hearing Loss, Sensorineural - diagnosis; Hearing Loss, Sensorineural - physiopathology; Humans; Infant, Newborn; Language Tests; Male; Phonetics; Speech Articulation Tests; Speech Disorders - diagnosis; Speech Disorders - physiopathology; Speech Intelligibility; Speech Perception - physiology; Speech Production Measurement; Vestibulocochlear Nerve Diseases - diagnosis; Vestibulocochlear Nerve Diseases - physiopathology; Vocabulary

The purpose of this study was to characterize the receptive language and speech production abilities of school-aged children with auditory neuropathy/dyssynchrony (AN/AD) and to compare those abilities to children with sensorineural (SN) hearing loss of similar age and degree of hearing loss. Standa...