Open AccessSpoken Language Skills in Children With Bilateral Hearing Aids or Bilateral Cochlear Implants at the Age of Three Years
Author(s) -
Taina Välimaa,
Sari Kunnari,
Antti Aarnisalo,
Aarno Dietz,
Antti Hyvärinen,
Jaakko Laitakari,
Sari Mykkänen,
Satu Rimmanen,
Jarno Salonen,
Ville Sivonen,
Tanja Tennilä,
Teija Tsupari,
Sari Vikman,
na Virokannas,
Päivi Laukkanen-Nevala,
Anna-Kaisa Tolonen,
Krista Tuohimaa,
Heikki Löppönen
Publication year - 2021
Publication title -
ear and hearing
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.577
H-Index - 109
eISSN - 1538-4667
pISSN - 0196-0202
DOI - 10.1097/aud.0000000000001092
Subject(s) - spoken language , language development , audiology , psychology , normative , vocabulary , cochlear implant , comprehension , developmental psychology , medicine , linguistics , philosophy , epistemology
Early hearing aid (HA) fitting and cochlear implants (CIs) aim to reduce the effects of hearing loss (HL) on spoken language development. The goals of this study were (1) to examine spoken language skills of children with bilateral HAs and children with bilateral CIs; (2) to compare their language skills to the age-norms of peers with normal hearing (NH); and (3) to investigate factors associated with spoken language outcomes.