Publications by authors named "Viktoria Vedeler Amundsen"
The impact of ethnicity on cochlear implantation in Norwegian children.
Int J Pediatr Otorhinolaryngol
February 2017
Article Synopsis
- The study investigates how parental ethnicity affects cochlear implantation in children in Norway, focusing on various factors like incidence rates, age at onset of deafness, and speech recognition.
- Out of 278 children studied, those with non-Nordic parents were found to be 1.9 times more likely to receive cochlear implants compared to Nordic children, although no significant differences were noted in other factors like comorbidities and type of implantation.
- While children with non-Nordic parents tended to receive their first implants later than Nordic children, the overall trends suggest a gradual decrease in age at implantation over the study period, and differences in speech recognition scores highlighted a performance gap between the two groups.