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- Title
Reading achievement skills in Japanese pediatric cochlear implant users.
- Authors
Akamatsu, Y.; Ogata, E.; Kashio, A.; Yamasoba, T.
- Abstract
Objective: We analyzed reading skills of school-aged children with cochlear implants (CIs) and their developmental changes during the elementary school periods. Method: We enrolled 88 pediatric CI users. Reading performance of participants was evaluated by the standardized Japanese „Reading-Test". The test is composed of four areas of subtests: 1) kanji and kana reading 2) vocabulary 3) grammar, and 4) reading comprehension. The results are rated from one to five in each subregion and are also shown deviation values of general reading abilities. We analyzed individual differences of deviation values of general reading abilities. We investigated the involvement of individual attributes in children with special needs (CSN) who showed remarkable delay with deviation values 34 or less. 42 cases were re-evaluated in the higher grades (at the age of 10 to 12 years),and the result was compared with that at the time of school enrollment to examine the long-term development of reading skills. Results: Average deviation values of general reading abilities was 48.9, and children with deviation value 45 or more remained 62% of the total. Among 12 children considered to be CSN, 7 had apparently influencing factors, such as inner ear malformation, developmental delay, and higher age at surgery, but the remaining 5 had no other remarkable attributes. Kanji and kana reading performance was significantly better than the results of other subregions There were few cases that showed an improvement in the deviation value at the time of higher grades compared to the time of school attendance. Analyses of subtests revealed significant reduction in the grammatical comprehension scores. Conclusion: 62% of pediatric CI users achieved the average reading skills of hearing peers at the time of school enrollment. Many of these children still face difficulties in reading at higher grade, which suggest the necessity of long-term study on their reading ability.
- Subjects
BELGIUM; JAPAN; READING; CONFERENCES &; conventions; COCHLEAR implants
- Publication
Journal of Hearing Science, 2018, Vol 8, Issue 2, p172
- ISSN
2083-389X
- Publication type
Article