What is it about?
This paper addresses an important and underinvestigated topic: The utility of auditory (re)habilitation in children with Single Sided Deafness. These children can perfectly hear from one side, while they are hard-of-hearing on the other one. When the hearing is restored by a Cochlear Implant, they need rehabilitation to fully appreciate the help from this high technology device.
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Why is it important?
The COVID-19 pandemic presented an opportunity to pursue tele-intervention strategies, that were used in this study specifically for a peculiar pediatric population, that has not been that well investigated in the present literature. The research presented both an assessment tool and a rehabilitation program meant to be completed by children and their families independently at home using a streaming device.
Perspectives
We hope this paper will enhance the use of remote connection devices by hard-of-hearing children not only for daily life activities but also as an instrument for rehabilitation to optimize the auditory outcome of Cochlear Implantation.
Anna Agostinelli
Universita degli Studi di Padova
We hope this paper will enhance the use of remote connection devices by hard-of-hearing children not only for daily life activities but also as an instrument for rehabilitation to optimize the auditory outcome of Cochlear Implantation.
Margherita Pegolo
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This page is a summary of: Improving Auditory Perception in Pediatric Single-Sided Deafness: Use of Cochlear Implants' Direct Connection for Remote Speech Perception Rehabilitation, American Journal of Audiology, March 2023, American Speech-Language-Hearing Association (ASHA),
DOI: 10.1044/2022_aja-21-00271.
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