Open AccessFactors Contributing to Speech Perception Scores in Long-Term Pediatric Cochlear Implant Users
Author(s) -
Lisa Davidson,
Ann E. Geers,
Peter J. Blamey,
Emily A. Tobey,
Christine Brenner
Publication year - 2011
Publication title -
ear and hearing
Language(s) - Uncategorized
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 1538-4667
pISSN - 0196-0202
DOI - 10.1097/aud.0b013e3181ffdb8b
Subject(s) - audiology , speech perception , cochlear implant , active listening , psychology , test (biology) , sentence , vocabulary , perception , language development , medicine , developmental psychology , linguistics , communication , paleontology , philosophy , neuroscience , biology
The objectives of this report are to (1) describe the speech perception abilities of long-term pediatric cochlear implant (CI) recipients by comparing scores obtained at elementary school (CI-E, 8 to 9 yrs) with scores obtained at high school (CI-HS, 15 to 18 yrs); (2) evaluate speech perception abilities in demanding listening conditions (i.e., noise and lower intensity levels) at adolescence; and (3) examine the relation of speech perception scores to speech and language development over this longitudinal timeframe.