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Subject: cochlear implant × Start date: 1990 × End date: 1999 × Type: Conference Paper × Author: BARKER, ELIZABETH ×

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    Speech perception in implanted children: effects of speech processing strategy and residual hearing
    Meskin, T. ; Rance, G. ; Cody, K. ; Sarant, J. ; Larratt, M. ; Latus, K. ; Hollow, R. ; Rehn, C. ; Dowell, R.C. ; Pyman, B. ; Gibson, W.P.R. ; Clark, Graeme M. ; Cowan, Robert S. C. ; Barker, E. J. ; Pegg, P. ; Dettman, S. ; Rennie, M. ; Galvin, K. (Mendoza Editor, 1997)
    The ability of implanted children to adapt to different speech processing strategies has been demonstrated for the Nucleus implant system. Children previously experienced with the Multipeak speech processing strategy. were able to gain significant improvements in consonant, word and sentence perception using the Speak speech processing strategy. suggesting some degree of neural plasticity in neural-auditory coding. Of 192 implanted children with different degrees of preoperative residual hearing, 65% were found to obtain significant scores on open-set speech materials using electrical stimulation alone. Those children with more residual hearing had a greater probability of achieving open-set understanding and at a minimum level, perceived high frequency consonant information which would not have been available through conventional hearing aids.
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    Habilitation issues in the management of children using the cochlear multiple-channel cochlear prosthesis
    Galvin Karyn L. ; Dawson Pam W. ; Hollow Rod. ; Dowell Richard C. ; Pyman B. ; Clark Graeme, M. ; Cowan, Robert S. C. ; Barker, Elizabeth J. ; Dettman, Shani J. ; Blamey, Peter J. ; RANCE, GARY ; Zarant, Julia Z. ( 1993)
    Since 1985, a significant proportion of patients seen In the Melbourne cochlear Implant clinic have been children. The children represent a diverse population, with both congenital and acquired hearing-impairment, a wide-range or hearing levels pre-Implant, and an age range from 2 years to 18 years. The habilitation programme developed for the overall group must be flexible enough to be tailored to the Individual needs of each child, and to adapt to the changing needs or children as they progress. Long-term data shows that children are continuing to show Improvements after 5-7 years of device use, particularly In their perception of open-set words and sentences. Habilitation programs must therefore be geared to the long-term needs of children and their families. Both speech perception and speech production need to be addressed In the specific content of the habilitation program for any Individual child. In addition, for young children, the benefits or Improved speech perception should have an Impact on development of speech and language, and the focus of the programme for this age child will reflect this difference In emphasis. Specific materials and approaches will vary for very young children, school-age and teenage children. In addition, educational selling will have a bearing on the Integration of listening and device use Into the classroom environment.