Can Mandarin-speaking prelingual deaf adults benefit from cochlear implant?
Acta Otolaryngol
; 144(1): 44-51, 2024 Jan.
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ABSTRACT
BACKGROUND:
With advances in cochlear implant (CI) technology, prelingual deaf adults may experience improved speech perception and quality of life (QoL). It is still a challenge for Mandarin-speaking CI user with tone recognition due to CI technology focused on intonation language.OBJECTIVES:
To evaluate the long-term post-CI auditory performance and social-emotional benefits in prelingual deaf Mandarin-speaking adults and the difference between them and post-lingual deaf adults. MATERIAL ANDMETHODS:
Fifty-five adult implanted ears were included (forty-six postlingual deaf group; nine prelingual deaf group). Post-CI long-term outcomes were using vowels, consonants, disyllabic words, Mandarin monosyllable words, categories of audiology performance, speech intelligibility rating, subjective social-emotional questionnaires.RESULTS:
Post-CI auditory performance and speech intelligibility of prelingual deafness adults was significantly inferior to that of those with postlingual deafness. However, both groups presented improved social-emotional benefits, with no significant difference between both groups.CONCLUSIONS:
Adult CI recipients who deaf before the age of 4 can experience benefits in social-emotional life functioning, regardless of their limited auditory performance and speech intelligibility. Therefore, prelingual Mandarin-speaking deaf adults, especially those using oral communication, can be considered as relative indications for cochlear implantation.SIGNIFICANCE:
To clarify and validate the benefits among Mandarin-speaking prelingual deaf adult recipients.Palabras clave
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Asunto principal:
Percepción del Habla
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Implantes Cocleares
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Implantación Coclear
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Sordera
Límite:
Adult
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Humans
Idioma:
En
Revista:
Acta Otolaryngol
Año:
2024
Tipo del documento:
Article
País de afiliación:
Taiwán