Infants versus older children fitted with cochlear implants: Performance over 10 years

Early intervention and assessment of speech and language development in young children with cochlear implants

“…implanted before the age of 12 mon ths implanted between the age of 12 and 18 mon ths implanted after the age of 18 mon ths activation showed that no child of the 12-23 or 24-35 months implanted group were above the 75th percentile, whereas 77% of children of the 2-11 month group were above the 75th percentile of their hearing peers [33]. Furthermore, the proportion of children falling below the normative range in the reception of grammar as determined by TROG-D was greater in children implanted after 12 months compared to those implanted before.…”

Predicting social functioning in children with a cochlear implant and in normal-hearing children: The role of emotion regulation

“…Today, up to 94% of young, profoundly deaf children receive a CI [3]. Remarkable results have been obtained with respect to speech and language outcomes, especially in children who received the implant early [4,5]. To date, however, the effect of a CI on children's social functioning is less clear.…”

Barriers to early cochlear implantation

“…An accumulation of research has established the importance of early access to optimum hearing for speech and language development, (Colletti et al, 2011;Connor et al, 2006;Connor & Zwolan, 2004;Dettman et al, 2009;Fagan & Pisoni, 2010;Geers et al, 2003Geers et al, , 2004Kim et al, 2010;Manrique et al, 2004;Niparko et al, 2010;Schramm et al, 2010;Schauwers et al, 2008;Svirsky et al, 2004) so it is timely to examine each step in the infant's journey from birth to diagnosis to implant to examine sources of delays. Universal neonatal hearing screening (UNHS) has facilitated the earlier diagnosis of hearing loss, leading to increased rates of early referral for audiological assessment and interventions such as earlier HA fitting (Yoshinaga-Itano, 2003, Yoshinaga-Itano et al, 2010, enrollment into early intervention programs, and referral for CIs when deemed appropriate.…”