Journal article
A Comparison of Language Achievement in Children With Cochlear Implants and Children Using Hearing Aids
Journal of speech, language, and hearing research, Vol.42(2), pp.497-509
04/1999
DOI: 10.1044/jslhr.4202.497
PMCID: PMC3210571
PMID: 10229463
Abstract
English language achievement of 29 prelingually deaf children with 3 or more years of cochlear implant (CI) experience was compared to the achievement levels of prelingually deaf children who did not have such CI experience. Language achievement was measured by the Rhode Island Test of Language Structure (RITLS), a measure of signed and spoken sentence comprehension, and the Index of Productive Syntax (IPSyn), a measure of expressive (signed and spoken) English grammar. When the CI users were compared with their deaf age mates who contributed to the norms of the RITLS, it was found that CI users achieved significantly better scores. Likewise, we found that CI users performed better than 29 deaf children who used hearing aids (HAs) with respect to English grammar achievement as indexed by the IPSyn. Additionally, we found that chronological age highly correlated with IPSyn levels only among the non-CI users, whereas length of CI experience was significantly correlated with IPSyn scores for CI users. Finally, clear differences between those with and without CI experience were found by 2 years of post-implant experience. These data provide evidence that children who receive CIs benefit in the form of improved English language comprehension and production.
Details
- Title: Subtitle
- A Comparison of Language Achievement in Children With Cochlear Implants and Children Using Hearing Aids
- Creators
- J. Bruce Tomblin - The University of Iowa Iowa CityLinda Spencer - The University of Iowa Iowa CitySarah Flock - The University of Iowa Iowa CityRich Tyler - The University of Iowa Iowa CityBruce Gantz - The University of Iowa Iowa City
- Resource Type
- Journal article
- Publication Details
- Journal of speech, language, and hearing research, Vol.42(2), pp.497-509
- DOI
- 10.1044/jslhr.4202.497
- PMID
- 10229463
- PMCID
- PMC3210571
- ISSN
- 1092-4388
- eISSN
- 1558-9102
- Grant note
- P50 DC000242-15 || DC / National Institute on Deafness and Other Communication Disorders : NIDCD
- Language
- English
- Date published
- 04/1999
- Academic Unit
- Communication Sciences and Disorders; Iowa Neuroscience Institute; Neurosurgery; Otolaryngology
- Record Identifier
- 9984002314702771
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