Long-term speech perception in children with cochlear implants compared with children with conventional hearing aids.

A F Snik; A M Vermeulen; J P Brokx; P van den Broek

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Long-term speech perception in children with cochlear implants compared with children with conventional hearing aids.

A F Snik·A M Vermeulen·J P Brokx·P van den Broek

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OBJECTIVE: To determine the speech perception of children with cochlear implants. SUBJECTS AND METHODS: Speech perception results of seven children with cochlear implants (excellent performers), who showed stable speech recognition scores in the long term, were compared with those of severely hearing-impaired children with conventional hearing aids (reference group). The groups of children were matched according to their mean free-field aided thresholds. RESULTS: The results of the open-set word recognition test were comparable in the two groups. CONCLUSION: If we consider the results of the hearing aid users as the gold standard, the results suggest that speech recognition in selected children with a cochlear implant is close to optimal.

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A F Snik, A M Vermeulen, J P Brokx, P van den Broek. 1997. Long-term speech perception in children with cochlear implants compared with children with conventional hearing aids.. https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/9391631/

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