Development of spoken language grammar following cochlear implantation in prelingually deaf children
Development of spoken language grammar following cochlear implantation in prelingually deaf children
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DOI:
10.1001/archotol.130.5.629
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发表时间:
2004-05-01
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O'Donoghue, GDM
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Nikolopoulos, TP;Dyar, D;O'Donoghue, GDM
Objectives: To assess the development of grammar comprehension in spoken language in prelingually deaf children following cochlear implantation and compare their grammatical abilities with those of their hearing peers.Design: A prospective study of 82 consecutive prelingually deaf children up to 5 years following implantation. The children were less than 7 years old at the time of implantation (mean age SD, 4.2 +/- 1.3 years). All received the same multichannel cochlear implant system. No child was lost to follow-up and there were no exclusions from the study.Setting: Tertiary referral cochlear implant center.Methods: The children were assessed using the Test for Reception of Grammar. This individually administered, multiple-choice test designed to assess the understanding of grammatical contrasts in the English language also allows direct comparison of grammar comprehension between test subjects and their normal-hearing peers.Results: Before implantation, only a small proportion (2%) of prelingually deaf children were above the first percentile of their normal-hearing peers. This percentage increased to 40% and 67%, respectively, 3 and 5 years after implantation; and 5 years after implantation, 20% of the children performed between the 25th and the 75th percentile or better. In the subgroup of children who received their cochlear device before the age of 4 years, this percentage reached 36%.Conclusions: Spoken language grammar acquisition in prelingually deaf children with a cochlear implant was found to be considerably delayed. However, there was a clear trend toward the development of grammar skills following cochlear implantation, and the greatest advance was made by children who received their implant at a younger age. These findings support the present trend. toward early implantation.