Cognitive functioning in Deaf children using Cochlear implants
| Autor: | Fidaa Almomani, Safa Alqudah, Richard E. Gans, Shereen Hamadneh, Soha N. Garadat, Manal Kassab, Grant Rauterkus, Murad O. Al-momani |
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| Rok vydání: | 2020 |
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medicine.medical_specialty
Hearing loss medicine.medical_treatment media_common.quotation_subject Audiology Deafness Development 030507 speech-language pathology & audiology 03 medical and health sciences 0302 clinical medicine Cognition Intervention (counseling) Cochlear implant Perception Cognitive development otorhinolaryngologic diseases Medicine Humans Effects of sleep deprivation on cognitive performance Cognitive skill 030223 otorhinolaryngology Child Hearing Loss media_common business.industry Cognitive abilities lcsh:RJ1-570 cochlear implant lcsh:Pediatrics Cochlear Implantation Cochlear Implants Child Preschool Pediatrics Perinatology and Child Health medicine.symptom 0305 other medical science business Research Article |
| Zdroj: | BMC Pediatrics BMC Pediatrics, Vol 21, Iss 1, Pp 1-13 (2021) |
| ISSN: | 1471-2431 |
| Popis: | BackgroundCognitive abilities like language, memory, reasoning, visualization, and perceptual functioning shape human action and are considered critical to the successful interaction with the environment. Alternatively, hearing loss can disrupt a child’s ability to communicate, and negatively impact cognitive development. Cochlear implants (CI) restore auditory input thereby supporting communication and may enhance cognitive performance. This study compares general cognitive development after cochlear implantation (2017–2019) in two groups of Jordanian children implanted earlier (age:4–6 years,N = 22) and later (7–9 years,N = 16) to the development of randomly selected normal hearing peers (N = 48).DesignVisualization, reasoning, memory, and attention were assessed using the Leiter-R scale at baseline (before implantation), 8 months and 16 months post implantation for children with hearing loss. Same times of testing (baseline, 8 months and 16 months) were used for normal hearing peers.ResultsOver the 16-month period, the cognitive improvement of 4–6-year-old deaf children was greater than that of their normal hearing peers on the scales of visualization (5.62 vs. 4.40), reasoning (2.53 vs. 2.38) and memory (17.19 vs. 11.67). while the improvement of 7–9-year-old was less major than that of their normal hearing peers on all scales.ConclusionsThese results suggest that CI not only enhances communication skills but may improve cognitive functioning in deaf children. However, the extent of this improvement was dependent on age at intervention; current results demonstrated that the children received CI at young ages had better cognitive improvements. |
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