Svirsky M A, Robbins A M, Kirk K I, Pisoni D B, Miyamoto R T
Indiana University School of Medicine, Department of Otolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery, 702 Barnhill Dr., RR-044, Indianapolis, IN 46202-5200, USA.
Psychol Sci. 2000 Mar;11(2):153-8. doi: 10.1111/1467-9280.00231.
Although cochlear implants improve the ability of profoundly deaf children to understand speech, critics claim that the published literature does not document even a single case of a child who has developed a linguistic system based on input from an implant. Thus, it is of clinical and scientific importance to determine whether cochlear implants facilitate the development of English language skills. The English language skills of prelingually deaf children with cochlear implants were measured before and after implantation. We found that the rate of language development after implantation exceeded that expected from unimplanted deaf children (p < .001) and was similar to that of children with normal hearing. Despite a large amount of individual variability, the best performers in the implanted group seem to be developing an oral linguistic system based largely on auditory input obtained from a cochlear implant.
尽管人工耳蜗能提高极重度失聪儿童理解言语的能力，但批评者称，已发表的文献中甚至没有记录过哪怕一个儿童基于人工耳蜗输入发展出语言系统的案例。因此，确定人工耳蜗是否有助于英语语言技能的发展具有临床和科学重要性。对术前和术后植入人工耳蜗的语前聋儿童的英语语言技能进行了测量。我们发现，植入后语言发展速度超过了未植入人工耳蜗的失聪儿童的预期速度（p <.001），且与听力正常儿童的发展速度相似。尽管存在大量个体差异，但植入组中表现最佳的儿童似乎正在很大程度上基于从人工耳蜗获得的听觉输入发展出一种口语语言系统。
