Performance over Time of Congenitally Deaf and Postlingually Deafened Children Using a Multichannel Cochlear Implant

The speech perception performance of 10 congenitally deaf and 3 postlingually deafened children who received multichannel cochlear implants were compared at preimplant and 6-month intervals up to 2 years. The congenitally deaf children did not exhibit measurably improved performance until after 12 m...

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Published inJournal of speech and hearing research Vol. 35; no. 4; p. 913
Main Authors Fryauf-Bertschy, H, Tyler, R S, Kelsay, D M, Gantz, B J
Format Journal Article
LanguageEnglish
Published United States 01.08.1992
Subjects
Acoustic Stimulation
Adolescent
Adventitious Impairments
Auditory Perception
Child
Child, Preschool
Children
Cochlear Implants
Communication Methods, Total
Congenital Impairments
Deafness
Deafness - congenital
Deafness - etiology
Deafness - rehabilitation
Female
Followup Studies
Hearing Loss, Sensorineural - diagnosis
Hearing Loss, Sensorineural - rehabilitation
Humans
Listening Comprehension
Male
Outcomes of Treatment
Sensory Aids
Speech Discrimination Tests
Speech Perception
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Summary:The speech perception performance of 10 congenitally deaf and 3 postlingually deafened children who received multichannel cochlear implants were compared at preimplant and 6-month intervals up to 2 years. The congenitally deaf children did not exhibit measurably improved performance until after 12 months or more of implant use, whereas postlingually deafened children had improved by 6 months. (Author/DB)
ISSN:0022-4685
DOI:10.1044/jshr.3504.913