background : the number of children with cochlear implants who have other difficulties such as attention deficiency and cerebral palsy has increased dramatically. despite the need for information on the results of cochlear implantation in this group, the available literature is extremely limited. we, therefore, sought to compare the levels of auditory perception in children with cochlear implan...

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 ...

objective: the aim of our study is to determine the impact of cochlear implantation on anxiety anddepression in mothers of children with cochlear implant. materials and methods: in a cohort design, 35 mothers of deaf children with cochlear implantion admitted to the clinic of baqiyatallah hospital during january 2008 – january 2010 were selected through systematic sampling. information of demog...

Background: The number of children with cochlear implants who have other difficulties such as attention deficiency and cerebral palsy has increased dramatically. Despite the need for information on the results of cochlear implantation in this group, the available literature is extremely limited. We, therefore, sought to compare the levels of auditory perception in children with cochlear implant...

abstract   introduction: hearing impairment affects all aspect of individual life, especially auditory perception, while use of cochlear implant or hearing aids has been associated with appropriate effects in auditory performance. the aim of the present research was to comparing auditory perception in children with cochlear implant, hearing aids and normal hearing in tehran province. materials ...

introduction: parents are such important members of the cochlear-implant team that analysis of their views is essential in orderto improve services and outcomes. the authors developed a tool to assess parental attitudes towards various aspects of cochlear implantation in children who had passed aural rehabilitation sessions. the authors then went on to determine the validity and reliability of ...

Introduction: Speech intelligibility, the ability to be understood verbally by listeners, is the gold standard for assessing the effectiveness of cochlear implantation. Thus, the goal of this study was to compare the speech intelligibility between normal-hearing and cochlear-implanted children using the Persian intelligibility test.   Materials and Methods: Twenty-six cochlear-implanted childre...