Medical Journal of the Islamic Republic Of Iran
مجله پزشکی جمهوری اسلامی ایران
Med J Islam Repub Iran
Medical Sciences
http://mjiri.iums.ac.ir
2
journal2
1016-1430
2251-6840
8
10.18869/mjiri
14
8888
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en
jalali
1399
10
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gregorian
2021
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35
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The Comparison of Speech Intelligibility between the Cochlear Implanted and Normal-Hearing Children
Speech Therapy
Speech Therapy
Original Research
Original Research
<strong>Background: </strong>Following the development of new hearing technologies, assessment of speech intelligibility in hearing-impaired children is of great interest. The main purpose of this study was to compare speech intelligibility and auditory perception abilities in children with normal-hearing (NH) and children with hearing aid (HA) and cochlear implant (CI).<br>
<strong>Methods: </strong>This analytic cross-sectional study consisted of 60 Persian-speaking children aged 5 to 7-years. Participants were classified into 3 groups of 20 people, including NH (mean age, 71.70±5.05 months), CI (mean age, 72.60±8.20 months), and HA (mean age, 71.45±10.56 months) children. The speech intelligibility rating (SIR) and categories of auditory performance (CAP) tests were conducted for all children to measure their speech intelligibility and auditory perception, respectively. A one-way analysis of variance (ANOVA) test was used to compare CAP and SIR scores among the 3 groups.<br>
<strong>Results:</strong> The mean SIR score in the NH children was significantly higher than the HA (p=0.002) and CI (p=0.009) groups. However, these differences between the HA and CI children were not significant (p=0.885). We found a significant difference between the CAP scores in the 3 groups (p=0.038). Furthermore, the post hoc analysis results indicated that the mean CAP scores in NH children were significantly higher than the HA and CI participants. Based on the results, the speech intelligibility and auditory performance abilities in NH children were significantly greater than the hearing-impaired (CI and HA) children. However, these abilities between HA and CI users were not significantly different.<br>
<strong> Conclusion:</strong> Based on the results, the early acoustical amplification on auditory and speech functions in children with hearing loss is of paramount importance.<br>
Speech Intelligibility, Hearing Aids, Cochlear Implant, Auditory Performance
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1069
http://mjiri.iums.ac.ir/browse.php?a_code=A-10-6732-2&slc_lang=en&sid=1
Asma
Torfi
dr.asmatorfi@gmail.com
200319475328460065965
200319475328460065965
No
Hearing Research Center, Clinical Sciences Research Institute, Ahvaz Jundishapur of Medical Sciences, Ahvaz, Iran
Fatemeh
Jahangirimehr
ourresearchcenter@gmail.com
200319475328460065966
200319475328460065966
No
Public Health School, Ahvaz Jundishapur University of Medical Sciences, Ahvaz, Iran
Hossein
Bagheripour
hamed18nov@gmail.com
200319475328460065967
200319475328460065967
No
1. Hearing Research Center, Clinical Sciences Research Institute, Ahvaz Jundishapur of Medical Sciences, Ahvaz, Iran
Arash
Bayat
drhamedsaki@gmail.com
200319475328460065968
200319475328460065968
No
Hearing Research Center, Clinical Sciences Research Institute, & Musculoskeletal Rehabilitation Research Center, Ahvaz Jundishapur University of Medical Sciences, Ahvaz, Iran
Nader
Saki
pubma.int@gmail.com
200319475328460065969
200319475328460065969
Yes
1. Hearing Research Center, Clinical Sciences Research Institute, Ahvaz Jundishapur of Medical Sciences, Ahvaz, Iran