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Systematic Hearing Performance Evaluation Process for Adolescents with Cochlear Implantation at Early Ages
Published on: March 24, 2023
Comparison between the IT-MAIS and MUSS questionnaires with video-recording for evaluation of children who may
Elaine Soares Monteiro Pinto1, Cristina Broglia de Feitosa Lacerda, Paulo Rogério Catanhede Porto
1UNIMEP, SP, Brazil.
Unlabelled:
There is a great difficulty in determining earlier on which children would benefit or not from cochlear implants, especially because of their young age, the responses they give are very subtle.
Aim:
To compare results obtained through video-recording of the interactions of children who may receive a cochlear implant with the results obtained through evaluation protocols.
Method:
Seven children, with an average age of 39.7 months, with profound hearing loss were selected for the study. IT-MAIS and MUSS questionnaires were given to their parents/guardians of these children and the results were compared with the observation of the video-recordings.
Results:
It was possible to observe that the data is compatible with the auditory stages. However, the MUSS questionnaire data gathered during playful activities is very different . The questionnaire only takes into consideration the use of verbal language and therefore the majority of the evaluated children inevitably score low.
Conclusion:
Observing children play allows us to trace a better profile of linguistic behavior and aspects relative to language, that may presented differences in the questionnaire.
