Effectiveness of an intensive speech perception training program for adult cochlear implant recipients.
A staggered multiple baseline single-subject experimental design was used to assess the effectiveness of a postimplant intensive aural rehabilitation program. Four adults with an acquired profound hearing loss were provided with a Nucleus 22-channel cochlear implant. The subjects completed a speech perception test protocol once before their cochlear implant operation and at 3-month intervals for a period of 12 months postimplantation. Each subject participated in a 12-week postimplant intensive aural rehabilitation program. A comparison of the prerehabilitation and postrehabilitation results failed to reveal any systematic improvements in performance on the speech perception tests that could be attributed unequivocally to the aural rehabilitation program.
Gagné
J P
JP
Department of Communicative Disorders, University of Western Ontario, London, Canada.
Parnes
L S
LS
LaRocque
M
M
Hassan
R
R
Vidas
S
S
D000328:Adult; D003054:Cochlear Implants; D005260:Female; D034381:Hearing Loss / Q000534:rehabilitation*; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D013067:Speech Perception