The Study of Sentence Repetition Performance in School-aged Children with Cochlear Implants and Hearing Aids
Year: 2012
Type: article
Study design: Observational Study
Abstract: The linguistic competence of children develops gradually as age.Many clinician have evaluated the basic linguistic competence of children through the repetition of sentences with varying structure.The purpose of this study is to compare their performance with 20 children with cochlear implants and 15 children with hearing aids and 10 children with normal hearing between 1 st and 3 rd year of elementary school.The sentence repetition performance of the subjects were analyzed based on the sentence length (5 word sentences, 6 word sentences, 7 word sentences, and 8 word sentences) and sentence structure (16 of complex sentences and 16 of compound sentences).The children were asked to listen to and repeat the sentences spoken by a clinician.The results of this study indicated that the sentence length influenced sentence repetition performance of children with cochlear implants and hearing aids.Therefore, in the case of auditory rehabilitation of hearing impairments, it is necessary to pay attention to length of sentence rather than sentence structure.
Source: Audiology and Speech Research
Author: Misook Lee
Institution: Woosong University
Language: English
Subfield: Speech and Hearing
Field: Health Professions
Domain: Health Sciences
Open Access status: bronze
OpenAlex ID: W3025535394