title: The Effect of the Arabic Computer Rehabilitation Program "Rannan" on Sound Detection and Discrimination in Children with Cochlear Implants.
abstract: The aim of this work is to examine the efficacy of using computer-based training program (Rannan) as an intervention approach to enhance sound detection and discrimination in Arabic-speaking children with cochlear implants (CIs).
  
  
  
  A prospective study comparing performance between two groups of children. Participants were divided into two equal groups that were matched in age and programming strategies. Group I received the traditional clinic-based therapy and group II received the same traditional therapy approach in addition to a computer-based program.
  
  
  
  A total of 26 children with CIs in the age range of 3-6.5 yr were recruited from King Abdulaziz University Hospital.
  
  
  
  Listening Progress Profile and Infant-Toddler Meaningful Integration Scale were used preoperatively, and to compare performance between the two groups at 1-, 3-, 6-, and 12-mo after device-fitting. Data were subjected to mixed analysis of variance.
  
  
  
  Both assessment tools (Listening Progress Profile and Infant-Toddler Meaningful Integration Scale) revealed that group II scored higher than group I.
  
  
  
  The study demonstrated that using computer-based training in addition to the traditional rehabilitation therapy can serve as a facilitative tool to enhance the benefit achieved from CI.
authors.forename: Abdulrahman
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Hagr
authors.forename: Soha N
authors.initials: SN
authors.lastname: Garadat
authors.forename: Sabah M
authors.initials: SM
authors.lastname: Hassan
authors.forename: Khalid
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Malki
authors.forename: Yousef
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Al Ohali
authors.forename: Najwa
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Al Ghamdi
authors.forename: Abeer
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Al Nafjan
authors.forename: Ayna
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Al Masaad
authors.forename: Sara
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Al Hamid
mesh_terms: D001307:Auditory Perception; D002648:Child; D002675:Child, Preschool; D003054:Cochlear Implants; D005260:Female; D034381:Hearing Loss / Q000534:rehabilitation*; D006801:Humans; D007802:Language; D008297:Male; D011446:Prospective Studies; D012984:Software; D013067:Speech Perception