Speech Understanding in Noise in Children With Cochlear Implant

Authors : Eylem SARAÇ KAYA, Gonca SENNAROĞLU, Erol BELGİN

Pages : 441-451

Doi:10.21020/husbfd.1162124

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Publication Date : 2023-08-31

Article Type : Research Paper

Abstract :Objectives: The aim of the study is to determine the effect of a cochlear implant on the ability to understand speech in a noisy environment. Materials and Methods: Turkish HINT was applied to the experimental group consisting of 15 children with a unilateral Cochlear Implant insert ignore into journalissuearticles values(CI); aged between 7;9, and 13;9 insert ignore into journalissuearticles values(year; month); and the control group consisting of 15 children aged between 8;10 and 13;0 with normal hearing. Speech Reception Thresholds insert ignore into journalissuearticles values(SRTs); of the groups were obtained in quiet and noise in front conditions. The data obtained from the groups were compared. Results: The mean Speech Reception Threshold insert ignore into journalissuearticles values(SRT); in the quiet was found to be 65.4 dB in children with CI and 21.6 dB in normal-hearing children. The mean SRT in noise was found to be +6.0 dB Signal to Noise Ratio insert ignore into journalissuearticles values(SNR); in children with CI and -1.6 dB SNR in normal-hearing children. A significant difference was found between the mean SRT values of the groups in quiet and noise conditions insert ignore into journalissuearticles values(p0,01);. Conclusion: Children with CI need a higher SNR than children with normal hearing to understand speech in noise. In addition, the age of children with normal hearing had a significant effect on speech understanding skills in noisy conditions but not in quiet.
Keywords : Cochlear Implant, Hearing Loss, Speech Understading