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Children with auditory brainstem implants (ABIs) show higher speech variability than those with cochlear implants. This suggests a potential lag in phonological development for children with ABIs.

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Area of Science:

  • Speech-language pathology
  • Pediatric audiology
  • Neuroscience

Background:

  • Auditory brainstem implantation (ABI) is an emerging technique for pediatric hearing restoration.
  • Limited understanding exists regarding the phonological development in children with ABIs.
  • Intraword variability, the inconsistent production of a target word by a child, is a key aspect of speech development.

Purpose of the Study:

  • To longitudinally investigate intraword variability in children with auditory brainstem implants (ABIs).
  • To compare the phonological development, specifically intraword variability, of children with ABIs to those with cochlear implants (CIs).

Main Methods:

  • Studied three children with ABIs and compared them to age- and lexical development-matched children with CIs.
  • Quantified intraword variability using relative entropy to analyze production frequency distributions.

Main Results:

  • Significant individual differences in intraword variability were observed among the children with ABIs.
  • Children with ABIs exhibited higher levels of intraword variability in spontaneous speech compared to children with CIs.

Conclusions:

  • Children with ABIs demonstrate greater intraword speech variability than their peers with CIs.
  • Findings suggest a potential delay in the phonological development of children with ABIs compared to those with CIs.