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Paragraph-reading comprehension ability in Mandarin-speaking children with cochlear implants.

Che-Ming Wu¹, Li-Ang Lee¹, Wei-Chieh Chao¹

¹Department of Otolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery, Chang-Gung Memorial Hospital, Linkou Branch, College of Medicine, Chang-Gung University, Taoyuan, Taiwan.

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Summary

Cochlear implant (CI) students show weaker paragraph reading skills than normal hearing peers. Sentence reading tests can effectively screen for basic reading abilities in CI users.

Keywords:

Mandarin Chinese Paragraph-reading comprehension cochlear implant deafness

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Area of Science:

Audiology
Developmental Psychology
Educational Neuroscience

Background:

Cochlear implants (CIs) aim to restore hearing, but reading comprehension remains a challenge for many users.
Understanding factors affecting reading in Mandarin-speaking CI users is crucial for targeted interventions.

Purpose of the Study:

To investigate paragraph reading abilities in Mandarin-speaking students with CIs.
To identify factors associated with unfavorable reading outcomes in this population.
To assess the utility of sentence-reading tests as a substitute for paragraph-reading assessments.

Main Methods:

A cross-sectional, case-controlled study involving 53 students with CIs and 53 age- and gender-matched normal hearing (NH) controls.
Evaluated paragraph-reading comprehension, sentence and word reading, speech perception, and language skills.
Defined unfavorable outcomes as scores more than one standard deviation below the NH mean.

Main Results:

CI students demonstrated significantly poorer paragraph-reading comprehension compared to NH controls.
CI users showed deficits in semantic and syntactic understanding, persisting across grade levels.
Sentence reading ability and grade level were independent predictors of unfavorable paragraph-reading outcomes.

Conclusions:

Specialists must monitor the reading skill development of students with CIs.
Paragraph-reading tests offer a comprehensive assessment of reading competence.
Sentence-reading tests are recommended for preliminary screening of fundamental reading capacities in CI users.