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Children with cochlear implants: communication skills and quality of Life

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For parents of Brazilian children with cochlear implants, lexical development is the variable that relates most to the quality of life of their children, and correlations for the variable communication demonstrate a direct relationship between oral communication and other variables ofquality of life.
Abstract
Dado o âmbito multidimensional do implante coclear, ha crescente necessidade em avaliar nao somente medidas clinicas de eficacia relacionadas as habilidades comunicativas, mas tambem aspectos mais genericos envolvidos na efetividade do tratamento, como a qualidade de vida. OBJETIVOS: Traducao e adaptacao de questionario internacional para o Portugues Brasileiro; analise das correlacoes entre fatores relacionados a qualidade de vida; analise das correlacoes entre qualidade de vida e medidas clinicas de resultado. MATERIAL E METODO: Estudo prospectivo realizado com pais de criancas com implante coclear consistindo na aplicacao de instrumentos validados para avaliar aspectos de qualidade de vida e habilidades comunicativas. RESULTADOS: A traducao e adaptacao cultural do questionario foi satisfatoriamente realizada e este estudo proporciona a disponibilizacao do questionario em versao para o Portugues Brasileiro. Pelos dados obtidos, o implante coclear apresentou efeito positivo na qualidade de vida das criancas implantadas e de suas familias. As correlacoes observadas para a variavel comunicacao demonstram uma relacao direta entre comunicacao oral e outras variaveis de qualidade de vida. CONCLUSAO: Este estudo disponibiliza o questionario em versao para o Portugues Brasileiro. Para os pais de criancas brasileiras usuarias de implante coclear, a habilidade lexical (aquisicao e uso das palavras) e a variavel de maior impacto na qualidade de vida de seus filhos.

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Development of Language and Speech Perception in Congenitally, Profoundly Deaf Children as a Function of Age at Cochlear Implantation

TL;DR: Within this range of age at implantation, it was found that implantation before the age of 2 resulted in speech perception and language advantages that were significant both from a statistical and a practical point of view.
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A comparison of language achievement in children with cochlear implants and children using hearing aids

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