SPEECH FUNCTION DISORDERS IN CHILDREN WITH COCHLEAR IMPLANTS

Abstract

In addition to hearing development, the main goal of cochlear implantation in children is the acquisition of oral speech. Cochlear implants (CIs) have proven to be very effective in allowing many children with severe to profound hearing loss to acquire oral language through post-implantation intervention. As might be expected, the first waves of research focused on the effectiveness of cochlear implantation on oral language production in children as a group and then on identifying individual differences in oral language outcomes.