Effects of Pre-implant Hearing Aid Fitting on the Open-set Word Recognition in Children with Cochlear Implants during Infants
10.3969/j.issn.1006-7299.2015.03.019
- VernacularTitle:术前助听器佩戴史对婴幼儿人工耳蜗植入者术后开放式言语识别的影响
- Author:
Xin LIU
;
Haihong LIU
;
Ying KONG
;
Cuncun REN
;
Yilin YANG
;
Sha LIU
- Publication Type:Journal Article
- Keywords:
Children;
Cochlear implant;
Hearing aid;
Open-set speech test
- From:
Journal of Audiology and Speech Pathology
2015;(3):287-290
- CountryChina
- Language:Chinese
-
Abstract:
Objective To explore the impact of pre-implant hearing aid fitting on the early open-set word recognition in children who received a cochlear implant(CI) when they were infants .Methods A total of 289 chil‐dren who received a cochlear implant between 0 .9 and 3 .0 years of age were included in this study .According to pre-implant hearing aid fitting ,participants were divided into hearing aid group and non-hearing aid group .The open-set word identification abilities of the cochlear implant children were evaluated via Mandarin Lexical Neighborhood test(M -LNT) .Results Comparisons of the scores of M -LNT between two groups displayed no significant differ‐ence at the same identification age or duration of CI use .Conclusion The abilities of the early open-set word rec‐ognition between hearing aid group and non-hearing aid group didn’t make significant differences for the CI chil‐dren w ho received a cochlear implant betw een 0 .9 and 3 .0 years old .
