A5064221144- Hearing Loss and Rehabilitation
- Hearing Impairment and Communication
- Noise Effects and Management
- Speech and Audio Processing
- Hearing, Cochlea, Tinnitus, Genetics
- Inclusion and Disability in Education and Sport
- Language Development and Disorders
- Family and Disability Support Research
- Infant Development and Preterm Care
- Multisensory perception and integration
- Psychology of Development and Education
- Phonetics and Phonology Research
- Advanced Data Compression Techniques
- Tactile and Sensory Interactions
- Speech Recognition and Synthesis
- Assistive Technology in Communication and Mobility
- Bullying, Victimization, and Aggression
- Reading and Literacy Development
- Health, Education, and Physical Culture
- Attachment and Relationship Dynamics
The University of Texas at Dallas
2014-2024
Google (United States)
2009-2023
Cochlear (United States)
2009-2021
Cochlear (Australia)
2010
The University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center
2009
The University of Texas at Austin
2000-2005
Most children with hearing loss who receive cochlear implants (CI) learn spoken language, and parents must choose early on whether to use sign language accompany speech at home. We address parents' of before after CI positively influences auditory-only recognition, intelligibility, reading outcomes.Three groups CIs from a nationwide database differed in the duration exposure provided their homes were compared progress through elementary grades. The did not differ demographic, auditory, or...
Abstract The development of language and communication may play an important role in the emergence behavioral problems young children, but they are rarely included predictive models development. In this study, cross-sectional relationships between language, attention, behavior were examined using parent report, videotaped observations, performance measures a sample 116 severely profoundly deaf 69 normally hearing children ages 1.5 to 5 years. Secondary analyses performed on data collected as...
Objective To examine the results of health‐related quality‐of‐life questionnaire scores from profoundly deaf children fitted with at least one cochlear implant (CI) and to compare their responses those normal‐hearing mates similar age parents. Study Design Cross‐sectional study utilizing a generic designed be completed by both parents independently each other. Setting Questionnaires various summer camps for CIs in Texas Colorado. Subjects Methods Eighty‐eight families 16 states were divided...
This article summarizes the available evidence on pediatric cochlear implantation to provide current guidelines for clinical protocols and candidacy recommendations in United States. Candidacy determination involves specification of audiologic medical criteria per Food Drug Administration. However, a implant evaluation also should maintain flexibility consider child's skill progression (i.e., month-for-month progress speech, language, auditory development) quality life with appropriately fit...
Objectives: Cochlear implants (CIs) afford an opportunity for children with a significant hearing loss to access spoken language through auditory input, but challenges post-implantation could impede success. Inconsistent device use occurs when child wears their less than full-time (<8 hours per day). Previous studies may underestimate the prevalence of inconsistent in pediatric CI users due methodological issues (subjective parent report vs. objective measures).Methods: This retrospective...
Children with hearing loss are at risk for lower self-esteem due to differences from peers relative communication skills, physical appearance, and social maturity. This study examines the influence of generic factors unrelated (e.g., age, gender, temperament) specific associated age identification, skills) on how children wearing cochlear implants or aids appraise self-esteem. Fifty participated (Mean age: 12.88 years; mean duration device use: 3.43 years). Participants independently...
Cochlear implantation influences not only communication but also psychosocial outcomes in children with severe to profound hearing loss. Focusing on issues specific cochlear (e.g., self-reliance, social relations, education, effects of implantation, and supporting the child) may provide a more accurate relative view functional status pediatric implant (CI) recipients. The present study analyzes parental perspectives CI-specific health-related quality life (HRQoL) CIs determine (a) if parents...
Children with significant hearing loss can gain access to sound via a cochlear implant (CI), but they must wear the device reap communication benefits of device. That is, poor daily use may result in underdeveloped perceptual and language skills children adolescents using CIs. This retrospective study focuses on relationship between CI performance (auditory skills, speech recognition, expressive receptive language) young children, hypothesis that greater coincides better outcomes.The authors...
Nearly one third of school-age children report being bullied, primarily enduring teasing or rumors. Children with hearing loss (HL) are at increased risk victimization due to “different” from the general population. This project assesses effects auditory status on bullying by comparing incidence and type in 87 youth adolescents HL (7–18 years) published national data peers All participants wore technology (i.e., aids cochlear implants), communicated orally, participated mainstream education....
Purpose Adult cochlear implant (CI) users rate music as one of the most important auditory stimuli, second to speech perception. However, few studies simultaneously examine perception and speech-in-noise in adult CI recipients. This study explores effect status on recognition noise well relationship among engagement, perception, Method Participants include 10 adults with typical hearing (TH) long-term use. All participants completed Music-Related Quality Life Questionnaire, which assesses...
The aims of this study were to examine the development visual attention in deaf and hearing infants toddlers, assess whether improvements observed sample after 12 months cochlear implantation. A novel puppet task, based on a measure developed with normally infants, was administered 88 42 normal-hearing children at three time points: baseline, six post-implantation for sample. At demonstrated significantly more inattentive looks during skits than children, these longer duration, confirming...
Purpose Attaining speech accuracy requires that children perceive and attach meanings to vocal output on the basis of production system capacities. Because auditory perception underlies accuracy, profiles for with hearing loss (HL) differ from those normal (NH). Method To understand impact history emergence capacities, authors compared consonant–vowel (CV) syllable in early words 4 NH HL who received cochlear implantation (CI) before age 2 years. Participants were video-recorded monthly 6...
Purpose Attaining speech accuracy requires that children perceive and attach meanings to vocal output on the basis of production system capacities. Because auditory perception underlies accuracy, profiles for with hearing loss (HL) differ from those normal (NH).
Objective: Most school-aged children experience exposure to hazardous sound levels via high-risk noise activities (e.g. loud music/concerts, firearms). Little information exists regarding factors influencing pediatric engagement in these and use of hearing protection devices. This study explores effects age, gender, attitudes toward on participation acoustic risk-taking behaviors conservation practices adolescents. Design: Cross-sectional. Study sample: Children adolescents (10–19 years)...
In the first steps toward intelligible speech, children must match sounds they can produce with salient word targets from their environment. Differences in auditory history between normal-hearing (NH) and receiving cochlear implants (CI) before age of 24 months afford examination production system perceptual effects on emergence early segmental accuracy. Consonant vowel inventories, accuracy error patterns during single-word period were examined four NH CI children. groups differed...
Objective: To evaluate mapping characteristics of children with cochlear implants who are enrolled in the Childhood Development After Cochlear Implantation (CDACI) multicenter study. Study Design: Longitudinal evaluation during 24 months speech processor maps prospectively Setting: Six tertiary referral centers. Subjects: One hundred eighty-eight CDACI study were 5 years old or younger at time enrollment. Of these children, 184 received unilateral implants, and 4 simultaneous bilateral...
In the first steps toward intelligible speech, children must match sounds they can produce with salient word targets from their environment. Differences in auditory history between normal-hearing (NH) and receiving cochlear implants (CI) before age of 24 months afford examination production system perceptual effects on emergence early segmental accuracy. Consonant vowel inventories, accuracy error patterns during single-word period were examined four NH CI children. groups differed...
Reduced spectral resolution negatively impacts speech perception, particularly perception of vowels and consonant place. This study assessed impact number channels on vowel discrimination by 6-month-old infants with normal hearing comparing three listening conditions: Unprocessed speech, 32 channels, 16 channels. Auditory stimuli (/ti/ /ta/) were spectrally reduced using a noiseband vocoder presented to via visual habituation. Results supported significant effect infants. No differences...
Parents of children with cochlear implants (CIs) face unique challenges in caring for their child, potentially fostering parental stress. Most studies stress parents CI users do not examine specific to having a deaf and hard-of-hearing (DHH) child. This study compares general condition-specific (via the Family Stress Scale) 31 (8-16 years) previously published samples DHH children, it examines child- CI-related factors associated modern-day reported significantly lower than using...
Abstract This study investigated the acquisition of early expressive vocabulary among young children who are deaf and hard-of-hearing (DHH; n = 68) using auditory technology (hearing aids cochlear implants). Parents completed a standardized checklist, which allowed analyses (i) size their child’s spoken vocabulary; (ii) composition lexicon (e.g., parts speech such as nouns verbs; semantic categories routines body parts); (iii) demographic audiologic factors chronologic age, degree hearing...
This study assessed self-reported quality of life children with a cochlear implant (CI), comparing results two published reports from the past decade.Participants included 33 pediatric CI recipients mean age 10.12 years (SD = 3.59), implantation 1.36 0.46), and experience 6.23 1.75). Children in all three studies completed self-report quality-of-life questionnaire that seven benefit six problem items, rated on 5-point Likert scale.Outcomes revealed agreement across overall ratings....