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Pre-lingually deaf children can perform as well as post-lingually deaf adults using cochlear implants.

R S Tyler1, J T Rubinstein, H Teagle

  • 1Department of Otolaryngology - Head and Neck Surgery, and Department of Speech Pathology and Audiology, The University of Iowa, Iowa City, IA 52242-1078, USA. rich-tyler@uiowa.edu

Cochlear Implants International
|September 16, 2008
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Pre-lingually deaf children using cochlear implants can achieve speech recognition scores comparable to post-lingually deaf adults. This study suggests their auditory systems are sufficient for high-level auditory learning.

Area of Science:

  • Audiology
  • Neuroscience
  • Pediatric Medicine

Background:

  • Cochlear implants benefit both pre-lingually deaf children and post-lingually deaf adults.
  • Post-lingually deaf adults possess speech sound memory, unlike pre-lingually deaf children.
  • Previous research has not extensively compared speech recognition abilities between these groups.

Purpose of the Study:

  • To investigate if pre-lingually deaf children can achieve high sentence recognition scores comparable to post-lingually deaf adults.
  • To assess the auditory system's capacity for speech recognition in pre-lingually deaf children post-implantation.

Main Methods:

  • A comparative study involving 21 pre-lingually deaf children and 81 post-lingually deaf adults.
  • All participants used multichannel cochlear implants.

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  • Sentence recognition testing was administered to both groups.

    • Main Results:

    • Pre-lingually deaf children's scores ranged from 0 to 97%, with approximately 50% scoring above 70%.
    • Post-lingually deaf adults' scores ranged from 0 to 100%, with approximately 50% scoring above 60%.
    • A significant number of children achieved scores equal to or exceeding those of the adults.

    Conclusions:

    • The auditory system in pre-lingually deaf children is capable of achieving high levels of speech recognition.
    • Pre-lingually deaf children can attain speech recognition abilities similar to post-lingually deaf adults.
    • Cochlear implantation is effective for developing speech recognition in early-onset deafness.