title: [Evaluation of the effect of early postoperative aural/oral rehabilitation of prelingual deaf children with cochlear implants].
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  To evaluate the effect of aural/oral rehabilitation in the prelingual deaf children with cochlear implants, analyze the relationship between the age at the time of surgery and the rehabilitation effect, and explore the law of aural/oral rehabilitation in the prelingual deaf children after cochlear implantation.
  
  
  METHODS
  Prelingual deaf children with cochlear implants were divided by age into 1.3-2.9 group (17 cases), 3.0-4.9 group(14 cases)and 5.0-7.9 group (26 cases). All the children were evaluated by CAP and SIR questionnaires 3 months, 6 months, 9 months and 12 months after the surgery.
  
  
  RESULTS
  The scores of CAP and SIR in different age groups were all increased with time after cochlear implantation. The score of CAP in 1.3-2.9 group rose the fastest, which was lowest at the end of the 3rd month and was highest at the end of the 12th month. There were no differences between the CAP scores of 1.3-2.9 group and 5.0-7.9 group in the later test. The score of SIR rose the fastest in 1.3-2.9 group, which was lowest at the end of the 3rd month and highest at the end of the 12th month and rose the slowest in 5.0-7.9 group, which was lower than the other groups at the end of the 12th month.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  Within one year after cochlear implantation, the younger the age, the better the effect of aural/oral rehabilitation.
authors.forename: Chen
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Yang
authors.forename: Weiping
authors.initials: W
authors.lastname: Huang
authors.forename: Zhongpu
authors.initials: Z
authors.lastname: Yin
authors.forename: Zhaojing
authors.initials: Z
authors.lastname: Wang
mesh_terms: D002648:Child; D002675:Child, Preschool; D019929:Cochlear Implantation; D003054:Cochlear Implants; D003638:Deafness / Q000534:rehabilitation*; D006801:Humans; D007223:Infant; D011184:Postoperative Period; D011795:Surveys and Questionnaires