Practical experience and research reveal generic spoken language benefits after cochlear implantation. However, systematic research on specific language domains and error analyses are required to probe sub-skills. Moreover, the effect of predictive factors on distinct language domains is unknown. In …

Characteristics of auditory processing disorder in children. presentation.

Objectives: Although deaf children with cochlear implants (CIs) are able to develop good language skills, the large variability in outcomes remains a significant concern. The first aim of this study was to evaluate language skills in children with CIs to establish benchmarks. The second aim was to make …

The purpose of this controlled study is to determine satisfaction with speech and facial appearance in Flemish pre-pubescent children with unilateral cleft lip and palate. Forty-three subjects with unilateral cleft lip and palate and 43 age and gender matched controls participated in this study. The …

De prevalentie- en incidentiecijfers geven aan dat schisis (of een lip- en/of kaak- en/of verhemeltespleet) in Afrika (gemiddeld 0.6/1000 geboortes) minder frequent voorkomt in vergelijking met de Caucasische en Aziatische bevolking (gemiddeld 1.2 en 1.9/1000 geboortes). Desondanks is het aantal onbehandelde …

Safety at work The objective of the project Safety at Work is to increase safety at the workplace by applying and combining state of the art artefacts from personal protective equipment and ambient intelligence technology. In this state of the art document we focus on the developments with respect to …

This article describes the challenges in communication and medical, ethical and legal issues a physician might have to deal with when faced with children and adolescents that are deaf or severely hard of hearing.

OBJECTIVE: The purpose of this study was to provide a description of the language and speech (intelligibility, voice, resonance, articulation) in a 7-year-old Dutch speaking boy with Nager syndrome. To reveal these features comparison was made with an age and gender related child with a similar palatal …

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