Evaluation on the Language Comprehension of Pre-lingually Deaf Adolescents with Cochlear Implants

VernacularTitle:青少年语前聋患者人工耳蜗植入术后语言理解能力康复效果评估
Author: Chao XUE ; Jiaqiang SUN ; Xiaoyan HOU ; Yongqing BAO ; Ying DING ; Jingwu SUN
Publication Type:Journal Article
Keywords: Cochlear implantation; Pre-lingual deafness; Adolescents; Language rehabilitation
From: Journal of Audiology and Speech Pathology 2014;(3):300-302
CountryChina
Language:Chinese
Abstract: Objective To investigate the results of the language rehabilitation through the evaluation of the language comprehension of 75 cases of severe to profound pre -lingually deaf adolescents with cochlear implants . Methods Using evaluation criteria and methods on hearing and speech ability in deafened childrenas a test mate-rial ,and analyzed the outcome of the language comprehension test .Results The comprehension ability of entire pa-tients increased significantly as time went by .The entire comprehension ability was 0 .75y ,1 .45y ,2 .23y ,3 .08y before operations ,and 3 ,6 ,12 months after operations .The younger ,the more significant the improvements .There was no significant difference in rehabilitation outcomes in genders and wearing no hearing aids .Conclusion Cochlear implants can improve the comprehension ability of pre -lingual deaf adolescents ,and the longer they use implants , the better the results .If being implanted at younger age ,the improvement will be more significant .Patients who were beyond the best age were advised to get implant as soon as possible .