Chinese Tonal Language Rehabilitation Following Cochlear Implantation in Children
Cantonese language rehabilitation in 28 prelingually deaf children who underwent cochlear implantation was evaluated. All patients were implanted with multichannel devices and the operations went smoothly. They all had improved scores on audiological assessments and speech perception tests. The spee...
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Published in | Acta oto-laryngologica Vol. 120; no. 2; pp. 218 - 221 |
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Format | Journal Article |
Language | English |
Published |
England
Informa UK Ltd
01.01.2000
Taylor & Francis |
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Summary: | Cantonese language rehabilitation in 28 prelingually deaf children who underwent cochlear implantation was evaluated. All patients were implanted with multichannel devices and the operations went smoothly. They all had improved scores on audiological assessments and speech perception tests. The speech evaluation tests included the recognition of sounds, vowels, consonants and tone. Sentence recognition and story comprehension were both improved after training for 2 years. Cochlear implantation is a useful measure for the speech rehabilitation of prelingually profound deaf children when hearing aids are of no benefit. The multichannel implant device is of clinical significance in the rehabilitation of those patients using tonal language. |
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ISSN: | 0001-6489 1651-2251 |
DOI: | 10.1080/000164800750000955 |