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Speech, Language, and Reading Skills After Early Cochlear Implantation
Commentary by John K. Niparko, MD
JAMA. 2004;291(19):2378-2380.
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Speech, Language, and Reading Skills After Early Cochlear Implantation
Anne E. Geers, PhD
Objective To examine whether age at cochlear implantation or duration of implant use is associated with speech, language, and reading skills exhibited at age 8 to 9 years in children who underwent implantation by age 5 years.
Design Performance outcomes in speech perception, speech production, language, and reading were examined in terms of the age at which children first received a cochlear implant (2, 3, or 4 years), the age they received an updated (Spectra) processor, and the duration of use of an implant and an updated processor.
Setting Data collection was conducted at summer research camps held over 4 consecutive years to maximize the number of children available at a specific age (8-9 years). Children were tested individually by experienced examiners, and their parents . . . [Full Text of this Article]
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Author Affiliation: Division of Otology, Neurotology, and Skull Base Surgery, Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, Md.
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