Speech Intelligibility and Psychosocial Functioning in Deaf Children and Teens with Cochlear Implants

摘要: Deaf children with cochlear implants (CIs) are at risk for psychosocial adjustment problems, possibly due to delayed speech-language skills. This study investigated associations between a core component of spoken-language ability-speech intelligibility-and the development prelingually deaf CI users. Audio-transcription measures speech intelligibility and parent reports behaviors were obtained two age groups (preschool, school-age/teen). users in both scored more poorly than typically hearing peers on several scales. Among preschool users, five scales correlated intelligibility: functional communication, attention atypicality, withdrawal, adaptability. These four additional among school-age/teen users: leadership, activities daily living, anxiety, depression. Results suggest that may be an important contributing factor underlying domains functioning teens CIs, particularly involving socialization, emotional adjustment.