Tinne Boons

KU Leuven | ku leuven · Department of Neurosciences

This study retrospectively evaluates the effect of newborn hearing screening on age at diagnosis, age at cochlear implantation and spoken language development in severely hearing-impaired children. Age at diagnosis, age at cochlear implantation and language development were evaluated in a group of early screened (n = 149) and a group of late screen...

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 an estimation of the optimal age at implantation to provid...

To examine spoken language outcomes in children undergoing bilateral cochlear implantation compared with matched peers undergoing unilateral implantation. Case-control, frequency-matched, retrospective cross-sectional multicenter study. Two Belgian and 3 Dutch cochlear implantation centers. Twenty-five children with 1 cochlear implant matched with...

Inleiding: Het lijdt geen twijfel dat een ernstige auditieve beperking de kindertaalontwikkeling sterk beïnvloedt. Onder andere door de neonatale gehoorscreening en cochleaire implantatie op jonge leeftijd ligt het taalniveau van deze kinderen echter steeds dichter bij dat van normaalhorende leeftijdsgenootjes. Hierdoor groeit de nood aan een uitge...

Introduction: It is well known that a severe hearing loss has a negative infl uence on the language development of children. However, due to the universal newborn hearing screening and cochlear implantation at an early age, the language level of hearing impaired children is closer to that of hearing peers than previously possible. As a result, ther...