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Effect of Age and Unaided Acoustic Hearing on Pediatric Cochlear Implant Users' Ability to Distinguish Yes/No Statements and Questions

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العنوان: Effect of Age and Unaided Acoustic Hearing on Pediatric Cochlear Implant Users' Ability to Distinguish Yes/No Statements and Questions
اللغة: English
المؤلفون: Emily Buss (ORCID 0000-0001-8244-3013), Margaret E. Richter (ORCID 0000-0003-1729-0828), Victoria N. Sweeney, Amanda G. Davis, Margaret T. Dillon (ORCID 0000-0003-4344-283X), Lisa R. Park (ORCID 0000-0001-9804-2425)
المصدر: Journal of Speech, Language, and Hearing Research. 2024 67(6):1932-1944.
الإتاحة: American Speech-Language-Hearing Association. 2200 Research Blvd #250, Rockville, MD 20850. Tel: 301-296-5700; Fax: 301-296-8580; e-mail: slhr@asha.org; Web site: http://jslhr.pubs.asha.org
Peer Reviewed: Y
Page Count: 13
تاريخ النشر: 2024
نوع الوثيقة: Journal Articles
Reports - Research
Descriptors: Assistive Technology, Deafness, Hearing Impairments, Age Differences, Acoustics, Children, Suprasegmentals, Preadolescents, Adolescents, Auditory Perception
مصطلحات جغرافية: North Carolina
DOI: 10.1044/2024_JSLHR-23-00631
تدمد: 1092-4388
1558-9102
مستخلص: Purpose: The purpose of this study was to evaluate the ability to discriminate yes/no questions from statements in three groups of children--bilateral cochlear implant (CI) users, nontraditional CI users with aidable hearing preoperatively in the ear to be implanted, and controls with normal hearing. Half of the nontraditional CI users had sufficient postoperative acoustic hearing in the implanted ear to use electric-acoustic stimulation, and half used a CI alone. Method: Participants heard recorded sentences that were produced either as yes/no questions or as statements by three male and three female talkers. Three raters scored each participant response as either a question or a statement. Bilateral CI users (n = 40, 4-12 years old) and normal-hearing controls (n = 10, 4-12 years old) were tested binaurally in the free field. Nontraditional CI recipients (n = 22, 6-17 years old) were tested with direct audio input to the study ear. Results: For the bilateral CI users, performance was predicted by age but not by 125-Hz acoustic thresholds; just under half (n = 17) of the participants in this group had measurable 125-Hz thresholds in their better ear. For nontraditional CI recipients, better performance was predicted by lower 125-Hz acoustic thresholds in the test ear, and there was no association with participant age. Performance approached that of the normal-hearing controls for some participants in each group. Conclusions: Results suggest that a 125-Hz acoustic hearing supports discrimination of yes/no questions and statements in pediatric CI users. Bilateral CI users with little or no acoustic hearing at 125 Hz develop the ability to perform this task, but that ability emerges later than for children with better acoustic hearing. These results underscore the importance of preserving acoustic hearing for pediatric CI users when possible.
Abstractor: As Provided
Entry Date: 2024
رقم الأكسشن: EJ1429468
قاعدة البيانات: ERIC