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Language and Memory Skills in Pediatric Cochlear Implant Users With Auditory Neuropathy Spectrum Disorder.

Merve İkiz Bozsoy¹, Aysun Parlak Kocabay², Esra Yücel²

¹Department of Speech and Language Therapy, Faculty of Health Sciences, Anadolu University, Eskisehir.

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Children with auditory neuropathy spectrum disorder (ANSD) using cochlear implants (CIs) show similar language and memory skills to those without ANSD. Cochlear implantation supports development in these children.

Keywords:

Auditory neuropathy spectrum disorder Cochlear implant Language Memory

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Developmental Pediatrics

Background:

Auditory neuropathy spectrum disorder (ANSD) presents unique auditory processing challenges.
Cochlear implantation (CI) is a common intervention for hearing loss.
The impact of CI on language and memory in children with ANSD requires further investigation.

Purpose of the Study:

To compare language and memory skills in pediatric cochlear implant users with and without auditory neuropathy spectrum disorder (ANSD).

Main Methods:

A cross-sectional, comparative observational study was conducted at a tertiary referral center.
Twenty-six children with CIs were evaluated: 11 with ANSD and 15 without.
Language skills were assessed using the Test of Language Development-Primary: Fourth Edition (TOLD-P:4), and memory using the Working Memory Scale (WMS).

Main Results:

No statistically significant differences were observed in various language index scores (listening, organizing, speaking, grammar, semantics, oral language) between CI users with and without ANSD.
Verbal memory standard scores also did not differ significantly between the two groups.

Conclusions:

Pediatric cochlear implant users with ANSD exhibit language and memory abilities comparable to CI users without ANSD.
These findings indicate that cochlear implantation is effective in supporting language and memory development, even with the auditory processing difficulties characteristic of ANSD.