Speech recognition, speech production and speech intelligibility in children with hearing aids versus implanted children

Intelligibility of hearing impaired children as judged by their parents: A comparison between children using cochlear implants and children using hearing aids

“…This is partially in agreement with Miyamoto et al [8], Lö hle et al [9] and Van Lierde et al [3] who all found better scores for the implanted children. However, those studies only compared the CI children with HA children who had hearing losses of at least 90 dB.…”

Intelligibility of spontaneous conversational speech produced by children with cochlear implants: A review

“…In this case, using a similar rationale to that of comparisons with the SIR, a rating of at least 2 was conservatively thought to represent findings that would be comparable to or superior to Gold's [1] mean finding of 20% intelligible. For the remaining two studies being examined [11,9], more direct comparisons with the 20% mean value were possible as specific % understood values were reported.…”

“…In particular, these studies have variously looked at production of speech at different linguistic levels including single words, sentences, conversation, and narratives. As the most socially valid level at which to measure intelligibility, spontaneous conversation was chosen as the focus of the current report which then included examination of 10 such studies [5][6][7][8][9][10][11][12][13][14]. As these reports have been largely descriptive in nature, a descriptive summary approach was taken herein.…”

Parental Decision Making and the Choice of Communication Modality for the Child Who Is Deaf

“…There remains no definitive evidence establishing the connection between long-term outcomes, child (and family) characteristics, and recommended communication and amplification modality, despite 200 years of debate between the proponents of the oral and manual modalities. [12][13][14][15][16][17][18][19] Information that families receive is likely to be influenced by the opinions, beliefs, and attitudes of health professionals and educators and by the availability of specialists and educational and habilitative resources. 7,10 In the absence of conclusive medical evidence, parents may rely instead on their beliefs, values, and goals, which are often polarized among people who take opposite stances.…”