Eilers R E, Cobo-Lewis A B, Vergara K C, Oller D K
University of Miami, Department of Psychology, Coral Gables, FL, USA.
Scand Audiol Suppl. 1997;47:50-4.
Nineteen profoundly deaf children who utilize either cochlear implants (CIs) or multichannel tactile aids plus hearing aids (T + HAs) and who were enrolled in a full-day educational program that specializes in the use of sensory aids were evaluated using a battery of speech perception tests either developed in house or chosen because they were part of a standard battery of tests developed for children with sensory aids. The tests were organized into four perceptual levels ranging from pattern perception at level one to open set word identification at level four. For each level, data were analyzed for changes over time and for differences between performance of CI children and those using T + HAs. The results indicate that overall, across levels, both groups improved significantly over time but no differences were found between users of T + HAs and CIs at any level.
19名重度失聪儿童参与了一项全日制教育项目，该项目专门致力于使用感官辅助设备，他们要么使用人工耳蜗（CI），要么使用多通道触觉辅助设备加助听器（T + HA）。研究人员使用了一系列言语感知测试对这些儿童进行评估，这些测试要么是自行开发的，要么是因为它们是为使用感官辅助设备的儿童开发的标准测试组合的一部分而被选用的。测试分为四个感知水平，从一级的模式感知到四级的开放式单词识别。对于每个水平，分析了数据随时间的变化以及人工耳蜗儿童与使用T + HA儿童在表现上的差异。结果表明，总体而言，在各个水平上，两组儿童随着时间的推移都有显著改善，但在任何水平上，使用T + HA的儿童和使用人工耳蜗的儿童之间均未发现差异。
