Aural rehabilitation in children with cochlear implants: a study of cognition, social communication, and motor skill development.
OBJECTIVES
The purpose of this study was to investigate the benefits of aural rehabilitation on the development of cognition, social communication, and motor skills in children with cochlear implants.


METHODS
The study examined the development of cognition, social communication, and motor skills in 15 deaf children (7 males, 8 females; mean age 45 months 27 days) using the Newsha Developmental Scale before they received the cochlear implants, and then again 2, 4, 6, and 8 months after the implantation. The developmental age, Pretest Developmental Rate, Intervention Efficiency Index, and Proportional Change Index were calculated for each skill.


RESULTS
There were significant differences between the preintervention and four follow-up Developmental Rate assessments for cognition, social communication, and motor skills (P < 0.0001). Significant differences were also observed between the four follow-up Proportional Change Index assessments for cognition, social communication, and motor skills (P ≤ 0.005).


CONCLUSION
Cochlear implantation and aural rehabilitation may result in accelerated rates of cognition, social communication, and motor skill development in deaf children.
['Jeddi|Zahra|Z|', 'Jafari|Zahra|Z|', 'Motasaddi Zarandy|Masoud|M|', 'Kassani|Aziz|A|']
D002648:Child D002657:Child Development D002675:Child, Preschool D019929:Cochlear Implantation D003054:Cochlear Implants D003071:Cognition D003142:Communication D005260:Female D006312:Hearing Loss, Bilateral D006319:Hearing Loss, Sensorineural D006801:Humans D007223:Infant D007492:Iran D007804:Language Development D008137:Longitudinal Studies D008297:Male D009048:Motor Skills D012919:Social Behavior
Aural rehabilitation Cochlear implant Cognition Social communication Motor