Disproportionate language impairment in children using cochlear implants.
Ear Hear
; 29(3): 467-71, 2008 Jun.
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ABSTRACT
OBJECTIVES:
To examine the nature of previously unexplained, severe language impairments in some children using a cochlear implant (CI).DESIGN:
Six prelingually deaf children with unexplained, "disproportionate" language problems (DLI group) were matched to Control children on etiology, age at implantation, and CI experience. All children completed a test battery used to identify specific language impairment in normally hearing children.RESULTS:
Despite equivalent performance IQ, significant differences were found between the DLI and Control children on all five language tests.CONCLUSIONS:
Language difficulties experienced by some children using a CI seem to be additional to those produced by their deafness and may reflect the same, predominantly inherited basis as specific language impairment.
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Base de dados:
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Assunto principal:
Implantes Cocleares
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Transtornos do Desenvolvimento da Linguagem
Tipo de estudo:
Prognostic_studies
Limite:
Adolescent
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Child
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Female
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Humans
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Male
Idioma:
En
Revista:
Ear Hear
Ano de publicação:
2008
Tipo de documento:
Article