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 inActa oto-laryngologica Vol. 120; no. 2; pp. 218 - 221
Main Author William Ignace Wei, Ripley Wong, Yau Hui, Dennis K. K. Au, Buddy Y. K. Wong, W. K. Ho, Amy Tsang, Pance Kung, E. Chung
Format Journal Article
LanguageEnglish
Published England Informa UK Ltd 01.01.2000
Taylor & Francis
Subjects
Child
Child, Preschool
Cochlear Implants
Deafness - rehabilitation
Ethnic Groups
Female
Hong Kong
Humans
Language
Language Development Disorders - rehabilitation
Male
Speech Acoustics
Speech Discrimination Tests
Hong Kong
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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