Auditory and Linguistic Results in 4 Pediatric Cases of Cochlear Implant.

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  • Shidara Jin-ichi
    Department of Otorhinolaryngology, Teikyo University School of Medicine
  • Kodera Kazuoki
    Department of Otorhinolaryngology, Teikyo University School of Medicine
  • Saito Hiroshi
    Department of Otorhinolaryngology, Teikyo University School of Medicine
  • Kita Yoshiko
    埼玉県立小児医療センター
  • Kudou Taka
    Department of Otorhinolaryngology, Teikyo University School of Medicine
  • Tanaka Yoshisato
    Department of Otorhinolaryngology, Teikyo University School of Medicine

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  • 小児人工内耳４症例の聴覚・言語発達

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Abstract

The auditory and linguistic abilities of 4 children was examined after they received the multichannel cochlear implant. Three children were post lingual profound deafness resulting from meningitis and one was congenital profound deafness, ranging between 37 and 51 months of age. The mean hearing level at the first visit was 130dB or more in all children. Improvements in speech perception and vocabulary were found after postoperative rehabilitation in all children. Verbal imitation of 5 Japanese vowels was almost completely achieved 9 months after implantation in all children. Achievement of verbal imitation of consonants tended to be delayed in the congenital case and the acquired case with a longer deaf period, compared with another 2 children who underwent surgery after a short period of time since meningitis.

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  • AUDIOLOGY JAPAN

    AUDIOLOGY JAPAN 41 (3), 182-187, 1998

    Japan Audiological Society

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