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Systematic Hearing Performance Evaluation Process for Adolescents with Cochlear Implantation at Early Ages

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Published on: March 24, 2023

How does visual language affect crossmodal plasticity and cochlear implant success?

C R Lyness¹, B Woll, R Campbell

¹Cognitive, Perceptual and Brain Sciences, 26 Bedford Way, University College London, London WC1H 0AP, UK.

Neuroscience and Biobehavioral Reviews

|September 4, 2013

Summary

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Children with cochlear implants (CI) may face educational challenges due to compromised auditory cortex function. Early language exposure, not visual language use, is critical for better CI outcomes.

Keywords:

Cochlear implant Crossmodal reorganisation Deafness Delayed/insecure language acquisition Functional decoupling

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Area of Science:

Neuroscience
Audiology
Developmental Psychology

Background:

Cochlear implants (CI) are a leading intervention for pediatric hearing loss.
Educational outcomes for children with CI often trail behind hearing peers.
Crossmodal plasticity in the auditory cortex is implicated in functional deficits.

Purpose of the Study:

To re-evaluate the concept of "cochlear implant sensitive periods."
To investigate the role of language development versus visual language use in CI outcomes.
To challenge the assumption that visual language negatively impacts CI success.

Main Methods:

Review of animal models and human neuroimaging studies.
Analysis of evidence linking language deprivation to developmental outcomes.
Critique of prevailing assumptions regarding visual language and CI efficacy.

Main Results:

Crossmodal reorganization of the auditory cortex occurs irrespective of compensatory language strategies.
No evidence supports a link between visual language use and poorer CI outcomes.
Early language deprivation is strongly associated with adverse language development.

Conclusions:

"Cochlear implant sensitive periods" encompass both auditory and language development windows.
Animal models alone are insufficient to fully describe CI sensitive periods.
Focusing on language sensitive periods is crucial for optimizing CI habilitation and educational success.