TY  - GEN
AU  - Nienhuys, T. G.
AU  - Roberts, S. A.
AU  - Busby, P. A.
AU  - Tong, Y. C.
AU  - Blamey, P. J.
AU  - Clark, Graeme M.
Y2  - 2014/05/21
Y1  - 1986
UR  - http://hdl.handle.net/11343/26821
AB  - A training and assessment protocol has been developed for a research study on deaf children using multi-electrode cochlear implants. The areas of assessment and training include speech perception and production, language and communication skills. Material which is appropriate for language-and developmental-age is selected from a large battery of: tests to ensure that the individual abilities of children are addressed. A single-subject, time-series design has been adopted for regular assessment of the child's performance. The participating child receives a minimum of six months' pre-operative training and assessment using high gain hearing aids or a tactile device. Also included are audiological and medical evaluations to determine the child's suitability for inclusion in the study. Approximately two months are allocated for pre-operative, operative and postoperative surgical management as well as fitting and setting the external speech processor. Post-operatively, the same training and assessment procedures continue for a number of years. Extensive psychophysical studies are also undertaken to measure the child's abilities to discriminate simple stimuli which differ in electrical stimulus parameter values.
KW  - speech perception and production
KW  - speech processor
KW  - otolaryngology
T1  - Training and assessment of children using a multi-electrode cochlear implant [Abstract]
IS  - 1st Asian-Pacific Regional Conference on Deafness
L1  - /bitstream/handle/11343/26821/118717_vol3_195.pdf?sequence=1&isAllowed=y
ER  -