Children with Auditory Brainstem Implants: Language Proficiency and Reading Comprehension Process.

Introduction: Auditory performance and language proficiency in young children who utilize auditory brainstem implants (ABIs) throughout the first 3 years of life are difficult to predict. ABI users have challenges as a result of delays in language proficiency and the acquisition of reading comprehension, even if ABI technology offers auditory experiences that enhance spoken language development. The aim of this study was to evaluate about the impact of language proficiency on reading comprehension skills in children with ABI.

Does Mild and Moderate Hearing Loss Affect Verbal Working Memory and Language Skills in Children?

Introduction: For a comprehensive approach in children with hearing loss (HL), some cognitive and language skills should also be considered, along with auditory skills. The main aim of this study was to evaluate the working memory and language skills in children with mild to moderate HL.

Methods: Forty children with mild to moderate HL between the ages of 4 and 9 years were included in this study.

Evaluation of otorhinolaryngologic, audiologic, and genetic findings in children with cystic fibrosis: A tertiary care experience.

Objectives: To evaluate otorhinolaryngologic findings and the relationship between aminoglycoside (AG) exposure and hearing loss in paediatric patients with cystic fibrosis (cwCF). We also aimed to investigate the genetic predisposition to AG ototoxicity by screening for m.1555A>G mutations.

Auditory performance and language skills in children with auditory brainstem implants and cochlear implants.

Purpose: This study aims to evaluate school-age language skills and auditory performance in different listening situations in children with cochlear implants and auditory brainstem implants.

Method: The study included 60 children between the ages of 5 and 9 years with cochlear implants (CI) and auditory brainstem implants (ABI). The volunteer children were divided into two groups: bimodal CI-ABI and bilateral CI users.

Perception of voice cues in school-age children with hearing aids.

The just-noticeable differences (JNDs) of the voice cues of voice pitch (F0) and vocal-tract length (VTL) were measured in school-aged children with bilateral hearing aids and children and adults with normal hearing. The JNDs were larger for hearing-aided than normal-hearing children up to the age of 12 for F0 and into adulthood for all ages for VTL. Age was a significant factor for both groups for F0 JNDs, but only for the hearing-aided group for VTL JNDs.

Unimodal versus bimodal auditory stimulation in inner ear malformations: Cognitive, language, and motor performance.

Purpose: New perspectives on rehabilitation options for inner ear malformations have still been studied in the literature. This study investigated the cognitive, language, and motor skills of auditory brainstem implant (ABI) users in unimodal and bimodal groups.

Methods: The motor competency of the participants was assessed with Bruininks-Oseretsky Motor Proficiency Test-2 Short Form (BOT2 SF).

Assessment of Binaural Benefits in Hearing and Hearing-Impaired Listeners.

Purpose: The purpose of this study was to (a) investigate which speech material is most appropriate as stimulus in head shadow effect (HSE) and binaural squelch (SQ) tests, (b) obtain normative values of both tests using the material decided to be optimal, and (c) explore the results in bilateral cochlear implant (CI) users.

Method: Study participants consisted of 30 normal-hearing (NH) persons and 34 bilateral CI users. This study consisted of three phases.

Speech Perception and Sound Localization Skills in Inner Ear Malformations: Children With Incomplete Partition Type-II.

Objective: The present study aimed to evaluate binaural auditory skills in bimodal and bilateral pediatric cochlear implant (CI) users with incomplete partition type-II (IP-II) and to reveal the effect of IP-II on performance by comparing the results to pediatric CI users with normal cochlear morphology.

Study Design: Cross-sectional study.

Setting: Tertiary referral center.

Development of the Turkish hearing in noise test for children.

The aim of this study is to develop the Turkish version of hearing in noise test for children (HINT-C) by providing norms and correction factors for the children in different age groups. A total of 77 individuals with normal hearing - 62 children (6-12 years old) and 15 adults (18-30 years old) - were included. Twelve phonemically balanced 10-sentence lists were created from the adult version of the Turkish HINT (Study 1).

Evaluation of the non-auditory responses in individuals with auditory brainstem implant.

Objectives: After auditory brainstem implant (ABI) surgery, stimulation of certain cranial nerves may result in a non-auditory response, and the electrodes that stimulate these nerves may be deactivated. The goals of this study are to compare the number of active electrodes in the initial activation and the last fitting, to investigate non-auditory response types and their frequency as a result of non-auditory stimulation, to compare the placements of deactivated electrodes as a result of non-auditory stimulation in the initial activation and the last fitting.

Methods: The computer software system was used to perform a retrospective analysis of the fitting data of 69 ABI users who underwent auditory brainstem implant surgery between January 1997 and January 2019.

Views of Syrian Mothers in Ankara on Infant Hearing Loss: Cross-sectional Survey.

Background: Mothers' awareness of hearing loss, its risk factors, and available detection and intervention choices have been well known to play an essential role in the early detection and intervention of hearing loss.

Objective: To investigate the knowledge and attitude of Syrian mothers toward infant hearing loss, early identification, and intervention.

Methods: The "Maternal Views on Infant Hearing Loss" questionnaire was adapted and translated into Arabic and then administered to 100 Syrian mothers living in different neighborhoods in Ankara within the age range of 18-68 years old.

Auditory perception in pediatric cochlear implant users with cochlear nerve hypoplasia.

Objectives: The objectives of this study were to assess auditory perception and speech intelligibility outcomes in children with cochlear nerve (CN) hypoplasia who received cochlear implants (CIs) using Categories of Auditory Performance II (CAP II) and Speech Intelligibility Rating (SIR) scales.

Methods: In total, 40 children who received CI and who were aged between 3 and 18 years were included in this study. The study group included 20 children with CN hypoplasia at least one ear, while the control group included 20 children with normal cochleas and cochlear nerve structures.

Hearing-related quality of life assessment of pediatric cochlear implant users with inner ear malformations.

Objectives: To assess the quality of life (QoL) in child and adolescent cochlear implant users with inner ear malformations (IEM) and to compare their outcomes to their cochlear implant using peers with normal inner ear structures.

Methods: The present sample consisted of 100 children (45 with IEM, 55 without IEM) and 100 adolescents (46 with IEM, 54 without IEM). The following QoL questionnaires were used to assess the hearing-related QoL: The Hearing Environments and Reflection on Quality of Life 26 (HEAR-QL-26 for children between 7 and 12 years of age) and HEAR-QL-28 (for adolescents between 13 and 18 years of age).

Does glutaric aciduria type 1 affect hearing function?

This study aimed to evaluate audiological findings among patients with glutaric aciduria type 1 (GA-1). We used a large test battery for the audiological evaluation of 17 individuals with GA-1 (the study group) and 20 healthy individuals (the control group). Conventional audiometry (0.

Written language skills in children with auditory brainstem implants.

Purpose: This study aimed to assess the written language skills of children with auditory brainstem implants (ABI).

Methods: In this study, 15 children (from second to eighth grades) with ABI were evaluated for their written language abilities using a written expression skill assessment form. Five different features of written expression points were scored and analyzed, yielding a composite score for written expression skills.

Revision Surgery for Pediatric Nontumor Auditory Brainstem Implant Users: Audiological, Rehabilitative, and Surgical Outcomes.

Objective: To report the audiological, rehabilitative, and surgical outcomes of revision surgery for pediatric auditory brainstem implant (ABI) users.

Study Design: Retrospective cohort.

Setting: Tertiary referral center.

Factors affecting phoneme discrimination in children with sequential bilateral cochlear implants.

Objectives: To investigate the effects of a number of variables on phoneme discrimination (PD) performance in children with sequential bilateral cochlear implants (SeqBiCIs) and compare PD performance between the 2 implantation sides and between children with bilateral cochlear implants (BiCIs) and their age-matched peers with normal hearing (NH).

Design: All participants completed the Auditory Speech Sound Evaluation Phoneme Discrimination Test.

Study Sample: The sample included 23 children with SeqBiCIs as the study group and 23 with NH as the control group.

Children with Auditory Brainstem Implant: How Do They Perform in Motor and Language Skills?

Background: Young children are able to explore new objects and practice language through the acquisition of motor skills that lead to their overall development. Congenital hearing loss and total vestibular loss may contribute to the delay in speech and motor skill development.

Objectives: To investigate the relationship between motor development performance, speech perception, and language performance in children with auditory brainstem implant (ABI).

Auditory perception skills in children receiving simultaneous bilateral cochlear implants: early speech-discrimination results.

Purpose: The objective of the present study is to evaluate early speech-perception abilities using VRISD in toddlers who received simultaneous bilateral CIs between 12 and 36 months of age and to compare them with the findings in NH infants and to monitor the development of speech-perception skills within 6 months after cochlear implantation.

Methods: The VRISD test was performed using video visual reinforcement to assess speech-discrimination ability in the CI and NH groups. Four stimuli were used for testing in the present study: /a/, /i/, /ba/, and /da/.