影响子耳植入物儿童识字结果的神经特征
Nabin Koirala1,2,3, Jacy Manning4, Sara Neumann4
1Child Study Center, School of Medicine, Yale University, New Haven, CT 06511, USA.
Brain communications
|March 6, 2025
概括
早期干预和听力年龄显著影响带有耳植入物的儿童的阅读能力. 神经连接介导阅读能力,但早期的听觉剥夺效应可能需要专门的干预.
科学领域:
- 神经科学是一个神经科学.
- 发展心理学 发展心理学
- 听力学 听力学是指听力学.
背景情况:
- 早期的听力干预对于具有先天性听力损失的儿童的听觉发育和语言至关重要.
- 带有助听器或耳植入器的儿童的神经重组可能会影响阅读等更高层次的功能.
- 了解耳植入物接受者的阅读神经基础是必不可少的.
研究的目的:
- 为了研究带有耳植入物的儿童阅读网络的神经支.
- 评估这些神经网络如何调解阅读能力.
- 检查临床因素和神经连接对阅读结果的影响.
主要方法:
- 功能近红外光谱学 (fNIRS) 用于记录50名耳植入物接受者和25名听力正常的儿童的皮质活动.
- 阅读技能使用阅读库存和学术评估进行了评估.
- 使用时间部分定向连贯性分析了定向功能连接性,并通过结构方程建模探索了调解效应.
主要成果:
- 干预的时间 (第一个耳植入物/助听器的年龄) 显著影响了阅读能力.
- 与阅读相关的神经回路内的指向功能连接在很大程度上调解了阅读过程.
- 听力年龄和初始植入的年龄是阅读能力的强有力的预测因素.
结论:
- 早期干预和听力持续时间对于带有耳植入物的儿童的阅读结果至关重要.
- 神经连接在调解阅读能力方面发挥着关键作用.
- 早期的听力剥夺具有持久的有害影响,可能需要除了假肢听力之外的专业干预措施.
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