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Changes In Speech Production In An Early Deafened Adult With A Cochlear Implant
Author(s) -
Wong Patrick C. M.
Publication year - 2007
Publication title -
international journal of language and communication disorders
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.101
H-Index - 67
eISSN - 1460-6984
pISSN - 1368-2822
DOI - 10.1080/13682820600988868
Subject(s) - articulation (sociology) , cochlear implant , speech production , audiology , psychology , manner of articulation , assistive technology , production (economics) , place of articulation , medicine , speech recognition , consonant , computer science , vowel , human–computer interaction , politics , political science , economics , law , macroeconomics
Background and Aims : The current study is a first investigation reporting the speech production characteristics of an early deafened adult cochlear implant user after a course of speech–language treatment. Methods and Procedures : The participant is culturally deaf and received the cochlear implant when she was 43 years old. A 24‐week ABCABC single‐subject treatment programme was conducted addressing articulation, the oral production of printed words, and voice production, with two 4‐week segments for each area. Outcomes and Results : Treatment‐specific progress, revealed by untrained stimuli, was made in areas of articulation and oral production of printed words, but not voice production. Formal measures also confirmed the patient's progress. Conclusions : These results were discussed in relation to how long‐term reduction of general auditory input and under‐use of the speech production mechanisms can be remediated by technological and behavioural treatment.