Department of Otolaryngology, The University of Melbourne.
Int J Audiol. 2009;48(6):313-20. doi: 10.1080/14992020802665959.
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 loss. Ten children who had received a cochlear implant in one or both ears participated. Findings for this group were compared with those for a matched cohort of implanted children with other forms of sensorineural hearing loss and with those for a group of auditory neuropathy/dys-synchrony children who were long-term hearing aid users. Results for 9 of the ten implanted children with auditory neuropathy/dys-synchrony were similar to those of the general population of paediatric implant recipients. (One child, who gained little perceptual benefit from his device, showed severely delayed spoken language development). Results for the group of aided auditory neuropathy/dys-synchrony subjects were comparable to those for their implanted counterparts suggesting that affected children should not automatically be considered cochlear implant candidates.
本研究旨在评估一组听觉神经病/失同步型听力损失学龄儿童的接受性语言和言语产生能力。十名儿童在一只或两只耳朵中接受了人工耳蜗植入。该组的发现结果与具有其他类型感音神经性听力损失的植入儿童的匹配队列的发现结果以及长期使用助听器的听觉神经病/失同步儿童的组进行了比较。听觉神经病/失同步的十名植入儿童中有九名的结果与小儿植入者的一般人群相似。（一名从其设备中获得的感知益处甚少的儿童，言语语言发育严重延迟）。有辅助的听觉神经病/失同步组的结果与植入组的结果相当，这表明受影响的儿童不应自动被视为人工耳蜗植入的候选者。
