Comparison of Rehabilitation Effects of Deaf Children with Different Compensation Strategies
10.3969/j.issn.1006-7299.2015.02.016
- VernacularTitle:不同听觉补偿方式下听障儿童的听觉言语康复效果比较
- Author:
Li LAN
;
Fei LI
;
Yuqing LIU
;
Qing YE
;
Kejie YANG
;
Min WANG
;
Fangying TAO
;
Wei HAN
;
Yuan ZHANG
;
Youqin WANG
- Publication Type:Journal Article
- Keywords:
Hearing loss;
Children;
Hearing aids;
Cochlear implantation;
Rehabilitation
- From:
Journal of Audiology and Speech Pathology
2015;(2):186-190
- CountryChina
- Language:Chinese
-
Abstract:
Objective The hearing and speech rehabilitation effects by hearing aid use and cochlear implanta‐tion in hearing -impaired children were compared .Methods A total of infants aged from 6 months to 3 years with severe hearing loss of prelingual nature were included .They were divided into 2 groups :group 1 (18 with hearing aids) and group 2 (14 with cochlear implantation) .There was no significant difference in the degree of hearing loss and age between the 2 groups .They received rehabilitation education of the same content for a year .Their unaided and aided thresholds were tested in sound field while the IT -MAIS was used for evaluating hearing ability of two groups before and after 3 ,6 ,9 ,and 12 months of hearing aid use and cochlear implantation .Results In both groups ,hearing were better in aided conditions than those of in unaided ,while those from the cochlear group were significantly improved at more frequencies than those of the hearing aid group .In general ,the longer use and train‐ing ,the better hearing improvement .The mean scores of auditory performance in the cochlear implantation group at 6 months were significantly higher in comparison with those at 3 months (P<0 .05) .There were significant differ‐ences in mean scores between the two groups at 6 ,9 ,12 months after fitting (P<0 .05) .The verbal ability scores ,hearing and speech rehabilitation levels in the cochlear group were higher than those of in the hearing aid group (P<0 .05) .Conclusion For severe hearing loss children ,cochlear implantation could produce more noticeable effects than hearing aids .
