A Review of Speech Perception of Mandarin-Speaking Children With Cochlear Implantation

Frontiers in Neuroscience

Fei Chen¹  Lena L. N. Wong²  Qi Gao² 

[1] Department of Electrical and Electronic Engineering, Southern University of Science and Technology, Shenzhen, China;Faculty of Education, The University of Hong Kong, Pokfulam, Hong Kong SAR, China;

关键词: cochlear implant;    Mandarin;    children;    speech perception;    outcome measures;   

DOI  :  10.3389/fnins.2021.773694

来源: DOAJ

【 摘 要 】

Objective: This paper reviewed the literature on the development of and factors affecting speech perception of Mandarin-speaking children with cochlear implantation (CI). We also summarized speech outcome measures in standard Mandarin for evaluating auditory and speech perception of children with CI.Method: A comprehensive search of Google Scholar and PubMed was conducted from March to June 2021. Search terms used were speech perception/lexical tone recognition/auditory perception AND cochlear implant AND Mandarin/Chinese.Conclusion: Unilateral CI recipients demonstrated continuous improvements in auditory and speech perception for several years post-activation. Younger age at implantation and longer duration of CI use contribute to better speech perception. Having undergone a hearing aid trial before implantation and having caregivers whose educational level is higher may lead to better performance. While the findings that support the use of CI to improve speech perception continue to grow, much research is needed to validate the use of unilateral and bilateral implantation. Evidence to date, however, revealed bimodal benefits over CI-only conditions in lexical tone recognition and sentence perception in noise. Due to scarcity of research, conclusions on the benefits of bilateral CIs compared to unilateral CI or bimodal CI use cannot be drawn. Therefore, future research on bimodal and bilateral CIs is needed to guide evidence-based clinical practice.

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