The research study was conducted for the purpose of examining the influence of mild bilateral sensorineural hearing loss (MBSNHL) on developmental abilities of younger school-age children. The sample encompassed 144 children with MBSNHL, aged 7.5-11 (M = 8.85). MBSNHL (20-40 dB HL) was identified by pure tone audiometry. The control group encompassed 160 children with normal hearing. The Acadia test of developmental abilities was used for assessment of developmental abilities. Although statistically significant differences between participants with MBSNHL and those with normal hearing were established in the majority of estimated developmental abilities domains, those differences do not indicate any significant delay in development of assessed abilities, except in the domain of auditory discrimination. The obtained results call for a systematic approach to children with MBSNHL in elementary schools.

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Communication skills of CI children evaluated by FAPCI are falling behind normatives for normal hearing children 18.6 months on the average. Hearing age, duration and intensity of rehabilitation have positive predictive value for communication skills development. Later identification of hearing loss and later cochlear implantation lead to delayed development of communication skills.

Međutim, istraživanja potvrđuju da Gluve osobe sa razvijenim bikulturnim veštinama uspevaju u svetu čujuće populacije i uživa-1 Rаd je proistekаo iz projektа "Kreirаnje protokolа zа procenu edukаtivnih potencijаlа dece sа smetnjаmа u rаzvoju kаo kriterijumа zа izrаdu individuаlnih obrаzovnih progrаmа", broj 179025 (2011-2015), čiju reаlizаciju finаnsirа Ministаrstvo prosvete, nаuke i tehnološkog rаzvojа Republike Srbije.2

Univerzitet u Beogradu Fakultet za specijalnu edukaciju i rehabilitacijuKohlearni implant je uređaj koji osobama sa teškim oštećenjem sluha i praktičnom gluvoćom, koje nemaju značajne koristi od slušnih aparata, omogućava prijem auditivnih senzacija. Roditelji imaju suštinski značaj za negu i podršku deteta sa kohlearnom implantacijom i njihovo učešće u procesu rehabilitacije utiče na bolje ishode rehabilitacije deteta.U ovom radu ispitivali smo koji činioci utiču na proces donošenja odluke roditelja o implantaciji deteta, kao i njihovo zadovoljstvo roditelja ishodima implantacije. Ispitivanje je izvršeno na uzorku od 40 ispitanika, po 20 očeva i 20 majki dece sa kohlearnom implantacijom. Sprovedeno je u "Dečijoj kući", KBC Zvezdara u Beogradu. Za potrebe istraživanja korišćena je skala pod nazivom "Deca sa kohlearnim implantom: perspektive roditelja" (Children with Cochlear Implants: Parental Perspectives -CCIPP, Archbold et al., 2002).