Rehabilitation impact on the articulation of children with a cochlear implant

Zeqiri, Besim and Miloseva, Lence (2023) Rehabilitation impact on the articulation of children with a cochlear implant. International Medical Journal Medicus, 28 (2). pp. 216-224. ISSN 1409-6366

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Abstract

Background: Improving the articulation of children with permanent or profound hearing loss does not
come with cochlear implantation alone. Coherent, careful, and comprehensive rehabilitation is required to achieve
complete success.
Objective: This study aims to show that rehabilitation is important for improving the articulation of children with a cochlear implant.
Material and methods: This study is a prospective and interventional clinical study involving 12 children with a
cochlear implants from different socio-economic families.
Results: In first-born pediatric patients with CI after rehabilitation, less voice disorders and less voice deviations were detected compared to second-borns. All the second-born children were found to have very poor language
production, language comprehension, and vocabulary significantly below their age and poor articulation, that
is severe voice disorder. The degree of a voice disorder is lower in children who went to rehabilitation for a longer
period. Apart from weekly rehabilitation treatment frequencies, no other characteristics of the pediatric
CI patients included in the study showed significance for predicting rehabilitation impact on articulation.
Conclusion: The results do not confirm a significant rehabilitation impact on the articulation of pediatric patients with CI.
Key words: children, patients, cochlear implant, rehabilitation, articulation.

Item Type:	Article
Subjects:	Medical and Health Sciences > Clinical medicine
Divisions:	Faculty of Medical Science
Depositing User:	Lence Miloseva
Date Deposited:	18 Dec 2023 12:43
Last Modified:	18 Dec 2023 12:43
URI:	https://eprints.ugd.edu.mk/id/eprint/32998

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