Balance performance in children with unilateral and bilateral severe-to-profound-grade hearing impairment

Academic Outcomes for School-Aged Children With Severe-Profound Hearing Loss and Early Unilateral and Bilateral Cochlear Implants.

PURPOSE This study sought to (a) determine whether academic outcomes for children who received early cochlear implants (CIs) are age appropriate, (b) determine whether bilateral CI use significantly improves academic outcomes, and (c) identify other factors that are predictive of these outcomes. METHOD Forty-four 8-year-old children with severe-profound hearing loss participated in this study...

Aural Habilitation in Severe to Profound Hearing Impaired Children Below 2 years

comparison of reading comprehension skill of students with severe to profound hearing impairment from second up to fifth grade of exceptional schools with normal hearing students

background: reading is known as one of the most important learning tools. research results consistently have shown that even a mild hearing impairment could affect the reading skills. due to the reported differences in reading comprehension skills between hearing impaired students and their normal hearing peers, this research was conducted to compare the differences between the two groups. the ...

Cochlear implants for children with severe-to-profound hearing loss.

Copyright © 2007 Massachusetts Medical Society. A 4-month-old baby girl whose parents and 6-year-old brother have severe-to-profound sensorineural hearing loss is referred for consideration for cochlear implantation. Each of the baby’s parents had previously received a cochlear implant in adulthood, and her older brother had received a cochlear implant at 18 months of age. The family uses oral ...

Lived Experience of the Hearing Adolescents of Parents with Severe and Profound Hearing Impairment: A Qualitative Study with a Phenomenological Approach

Objective: Awareness of the life experiences of hearing adolescents of parents with hearing impairment is essential to assess their living conditions and provide appropriate services and is recognized as a humanitarian activity. In different countries, various educational and rehabilitation services and programs are provided to hearing people with deaf families. It is important that training pr...