Assessment of Open-Set Auditory Speech Perception Abilities of Children with Cochlear Implants

VernacularTitle:语前聋人工耳蜗植入儿童开放式听觉言语能力评估
Author: Ning ZHANG ; Sha LIU ; Juanjuan XU ; Xiaocui WANG ; Chang LIU
Publication Type:Journal Article
Keywords: Cochlear implant; Child; Speech audiometry
From: Journal of Audiology and Speech Pathology 1997;0(04):-
CountryChina
Language:Chinese
Abstract: Objective To evaluate the open-set auditory speech perception abilities, to characterize the auditory speech development of children with cochlear implants.Methods 27 congenitally deafened children with cochlear implants were evaluated with Mandarin monosyllable and disyllable lexical neighborhood test(M-LNT-Monosyllable & M-LNT-Disyllable) and Mandarin hearing in noise test for children(MHINT-C) according to the order from M-MLNT easy test,M-MLNT hard test, M-LNT easy test ,M-LNT hard test, MHINT-C quiet condition, MHINT-C noise front condition, MHINT-C noise non-implant side condition to MHINT-C noise implant side condition in sound field.Results 27 CI children have completed M-LNT/M-MLNT, 9 of them could be tested in quiet condition with MHINT, and 7 could be tested in noise with MHINT. There were significant differences between scores of easy and hard words lists of M-LNT and M-MLNT(P