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Pediatric cochlear implant wear time and early language development
Erika B Gagnon1, Hannah Eskridge1, Kevin D Brown1
1The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Chapel Hill, NC, USA.
Cochlear Implants International
|October 1, 2019
Summary
For children under five using cochlear implants, device wear time significantly predicts receptive spoken language development. More Hearing Hour Percentage (HHP) correlated with better outcomes in the first year.
Area of Science:
- Pediatric audiology
- Speech-language pathology
- Biomedical engineering
Background:
- Cochlear implantation is a critical intervention for pediatric hearing loss.
- Understanding factors influencing spoken language development post-implantation is essential.
- Objective measures of device use are needed to correlate with language outcomes.
Purpose of the Study:
- To analyze spoken language development in pediatric cochlear implant users within the first year.
- To determine the impact of cochlear implant device wear time on language outcomes.
- To utilize objective datalogging measures for assessing device usage and its effects.
Main Methods:
- Retrospective review of 37 pediatric cochlear implant recipients under five.
- Analysis of speech and language test scores pre-implantation and one year post-implantation.
- Calculation of Hearing Hour Percentage (HHP) from device datalogging and regression analysis.
Main Results:
- Hearing Hour Percentage (HHP) significantly predicted receptive spoken language outcomes.
- Increased HHP was associated with higher standard scores for receptive language.
- HHP did not predict expressive spoken language outcomes in the first year.
Conclusions:
- Device datalogging, measured by HHP, is a valuable objective tool for assessing early receptive language development.
- Higher device usage in the first year positively impacts receptive language skills.
- Further research is required to explore HHP's predictive power for expressive language over longer periods.
Keywords:
Cochlear implantDataloggingExpressive languageHearing hour percentagePediatricReceptive languageMore Related Videos
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