In 1980, the first child in the world was implanted with the single-channel House cochlear
implant device (Eisenberg & House, 1982). Children who initially received cochlear implants …

Objectives: The objectives of this report are to (1) describe the speech perception abilities of
long-term pediatric cochlear implant (CI) recipients by comparing scores obtained at …

The 10 consonant-nucleus-consonant (CNC) word lists are considered the gold standard in
the testing of cochlear implant (CI) users. However, variance in scores across lists could …

The peripheral manifestations of the inherited neuropathies are increasingly well
characterized, but their effects upon cranial nerve function are not well understood. Hearing …

Objectives The purpose of this study was to document the performance of a group of
children with moderately severe to severe hearing loss who use hearing aids on a range of …

Objectives: The aim of this study was to develop guidelines, based on the unaided pure-tone
audiogram, for recommending a cochlear implant (CI) for infants and young children with …

The aim of this study was to assess the receptive language and speech production abilities
of a group of school-aged children with auditory neuropathy/dys-synchrony-type hearing …

Purpose To determine whether 3 aspects of the word learning process—fast map**,
retention, and extension—are problematic for children with cochlear implants (CIs). Method …

The central assertion in this volume is that the young child uses general skills, scaffolded by
adults, to acquire the complex knowledge of sound patterns and the goal-directed behaviors …

A group of 21 hard-of-hearing and deaf children attending primary school were trained by
their teachers on the production of selected consonants and on the meanings of selected …