{"id":1011,"date":"2023-06-22T13:11:24","date_gmt":"2023-06-22T13:11:24","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.eikholt.no\/?post_type=knowledge&p=1011"},"modified":"2025-01-03T11:57:37","modified_gmt":"2025-01-03T11:57:37","slug":"speech-development-in-children-who-have-received-cochlear-implants-in-both-ears-early-in-life","status":"publish","type":"knowledge","link":"https:\/\/www.eikholt.no\/en\/the-knowledge-vault\/speech-development-in-children-who-have-received-cochlear-implants-in-both-ears-early-in-life\/","title":{"rendered":"Language development in children with cochlear implants in both ears early in life\u00a0"},"content":{"rendered":"

This is a summary in Norwegian of an exciting research article about Cochlear Implants (CI) and language development in young children. The article summary is written by Anne-May F\u00f8rland<\/a>, Audiograph Eikholt<\/p>\n\n\n\n

English title: Long-Term Language Development in Children With Early Simultaneous Bilateral Cochlear Implants<\/p>\n\n\n\n

This study examines the language development of 21 Norwegian children who received Cochlear Implants in both ears simultaneously between the ages of 5 and 18 months. The aim of the study was to investigate what influenced the language development of children with CI. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Language development for children with CI<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

Previous research shows that children who receive CIs in both ears early in life, preferably before the age of one, have the best possible conditions for developing good spoken language. Receiving CIs in both ears at the same time is also an advantage in terms of language development. In Norway, all children with congenital deafness or severe hearing loss have been offered CIs in both ears since 2004. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

This study followed all children without additional disabilities who received CIs in both ears simultaneously in Norway between 2004 and 2007. The children were between 5 and 18 months old when they received the CIs. A total of 21 children were followed up for 6 years after surgery. Two of the children had problems with the CIs and had to be removed from the study, leaving the researchers with 19 children. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

All the children grew up in a predominantly spoken-language environment and all had follow-up from an audiopedagogue. They had different types of CIs, and all but one used their CIs all day. After kindergarten, all the children started regular school. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

During the six years after the children received their CI, a number of tests were carried out on the children. The tests examined, among other things, the child's intelligence, speech perception, speech ability, vocabulary and grammar. The same tests were carried out on 19 children with normal hearing. This was done in order to compare the results of the children with CI and the children with normal hearing. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

The parents of the children with CI also answered questionnaires about the child's language development, the family's socio-economic status and communication methods. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

The researchers found several results:\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n