Global developmental abilities of cochlear implanted children with spastic cerebral palsy: two experimental groups

Abstract

Motor impairment of G1 and G2 and HL in G1 affected the development in the assessed areas, but these factors did not restrict personal-social development. Children with CP did not achieve high development in social function; however, the difference with relation to G3 was not statically significant. The CI provided a channel for oral language reception and social interaction, which has a key role in determining the quality of life.

Outcomes of cochlear implanted children with cerebral palsy: A holistic approach

“…The current study, as well as the ones mentioned above [2,28,30], may be the first to submit arguments to support the ''extended benefits'' of the CI, i.e., functions and skills that are developed with the possibility to hear.…”

“…Children with severe motor disorders tend to have low levels of functionality in daily activities with restrictions to explore their environment independently, miss opportunities to enable their repertoire, which interfere in the development of language and cognition and important consequences in the interpretation of environmental information [27,30].…”

“…In recent paper from Lamônica et al [30] the objectives were to characterize and compare the performance in fine and gross motor areas, personal-social and language. It was used the Denver Development Screening Test (DDST-II) in two experimental groups and a comparative: four cochlear implanted children with CP (G1); four children with CP without hearing loss (HL) (G2) and four children without PC and without hearing loss (G3).…”

“…Probably if this group of children with CP and CI were evaluated only aurally and linguistically, the progress in social function and communication might never have been observed [30].…”

Current trends in outcome studies for children with hearing loss and the need to establish a comprehensive framework of measuring outcomes in children with hearing loss in China

“…(2011) demonstrated cognitive status was the most important prognostic indicator regarding outcomes. Some researchers reported positive outcomes in either speech perception skills and/or language development skills for populations with a specific disability, such as cerebral palsy ( Steven et al., 2011 , Lamônica et al., 2014, June ), Usher syndrome type 1 ( Henricson et al., 2012 ), congenital cytomegalovirus infection accompanied by psycho-neurological disorders ( Yamazaki et al., 2012 ), CHARGE syndrome ( Birman et al., 2015 ), and autism spectrum disorders ( Meinzen-Derr et al., 2014 , Eshraghi et al., 2015 ). Further research is required to help guide expected outcomes of implantation of this diverse population.…”