Differences between electrically evoked compound action potential (ECAP) and behavioral measures in children with cochlear implants operated in the school age vs. operated in the first years of life.

Objective: The aim of this study was to identify the differences in the NRT measures, behavioral measures, and their relationship between the group of congenitally deaf children operated in the first years of life and the group of children operated in the school age.

Methods: The study included 40 congenitally deaf children with cochlear implants divided into two groups. Group 1 was composed of 20 children (mean age at operation 2.

Acoustic analysis of the speech of children with cochlear implants: a longitudinal study.

The aim of the study was to analyse the speech of the children with cochlear implants, and compare it with the speech of hearing controls. We focused on three categories of Croatian sounds: vowels (F1 and F2 frequencies), fricatives (noise frequencies of /s/ and /S/ ), and affricates (total duration and the pattern of stop-fricative components in /ts/ and /tS/ ). Eighteen implanted children, aged between 9;5 and 15;2 years participated in the study.

Speech perception of children with cochlear implants and children with traditional hearing aids.

The aim of the study was to analyse speech perception of children with cochlear implants (N = 29) and children fitted with traditional hearing aids (N = 20). One- and two-syllable words were presented auditorily in a forced choice minimal-pair discrimination task. The children repeated the word and pointed to the appropriate picture presented on computer screen.

The influence of potentially limiting factors on paediatric outcomes following cochlear implantation.

Objective: Children with isolated hearing impairment who have received cochlear implant at the optimal age mostly achieve remarkable results that are assessed by objective speech perception and production measurements. Different outcomes may be expected in case of conditions which may have a negative impact on postoperative performance. The aim of this study was to assess the influence of potentially limiting factors on postimplant outcomes.