Introduction: Cochlear implantation can facilitate the development of communication skills in children with profound hearing loss. The objectives of our study were to determine the average ages at suspicion and diagnosis of hearing loss, amplification, intervention, and performing the cochlear implantation and to investigate the effects of the parents’ level of education and economic circumsta...

introduction: cochlear implantation can facilitate the development of communication skills in children with profound hearing loss. the objectives of our study were to determine the average ages at suspicion and diagnosis of hearing loss, amplification, intervention, and performing the cochlear implantation and to investigate the effects of the parents’ level of education and economic circumstan...

conclusions this study revealed that the type of hearing loss, presence in the rehabilitation program, and the age of cochlear implantation can be major prognostic factors of the response to the treatment, then the country’s health policy makers and health planners must executively take into account the infants’ hearing screening program during the first 6 month of age. results the mean and the...

background it seems that there is a relationship between consanguinity and profound hearing loss but there is little data about the association of consanguinity and hearing loss in iran. objectives the aim of this study is to demonstrate the causes of profound bilateral sensorineural hearing loss among iranian samples who are candidates for cochlear implantation. methods this study was retrospe...

Introduction: Literature regarding the different degrees of hearing loss in patients with Cornelia de Lange syndrome (CDLS) reports that half of the affected patients exhibit severe to profound sensorineural hearing loss. We present the first pre-school child with CDLS who underwent cochlear implantation for congenital profound sensorineural hearing loss.   Case Report: A 3-year-old boy with CD...

abstract background: the aim of this study was to determine the auditory performance of congenitally deaf children and the effect of cochlear implantation (ci) on speech intelligibility. methods: aprospective study was undertaken on 47 children in a pediatric tertiary referral center for ci. all children were deaf prelingually and were younger than 8 years of age. they were followed up until 5 ...

Objectives: Phonemic awareness skills have a significant impact on children speech and language. The purpose of this study was investigating the phonemic awareness skills of children with cochlear implant and normal hearing peers in primary school. Methods: phonemic awareness subscales of phonological awareness test were administered to 30 children with cochlear implantation at the first to ...