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ArticleCanadian family physician Medecin de famille canadien2022

Language outcomes after cochlear implant.

Sophie McGregor, Ran D Goldman

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Article in Canadian family physician Medecin de famille canadien, 2022. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 6 papers.

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6citing papers in PubMed
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6 citing papers in PubMed, 4 citations in OpenAlex.

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  4. [Perioperative safety assessment and complications follow-up of simultaneous bilateral cochlear implantation in young infants].Lin chuang er bi yan hou tou jing wai ke za zhi = Journal of clinical otorhinolaryngology head and neck surgery · 2025
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  5. Research progress on incomplete partition type 3 inner ear malformation.European archives of oto-rhino-laryngology : official journal of the European Federation of Oto-Rhino-Laryngological Societies (EUFOS) : affiliated with the German Society for Oto-Rhino-Laryngology - Head and Neck Surgery · 2024
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5 · Who and what money

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2 authors.

Sophie McGregor
Ran D Goldman

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

questionA young infant seen in our practice was diagnosed with profound congenital hearing loss. Their parents want to pursue cochlear implant surgery for their child, but they are concerned about language acquisition before and after the surgery. What should they know about the procedure, and how can they improve language outcomes? ANSWER: Congenital hearing loss is often identified on newborn screening hearing tests. Cochlear implants may lead to overall improved spoken language skills among children with profound hearing loss. Some factors associated with successful language acquisition in children after cochlear implant surgery include having the procedure at an earlier age and family engagement in early intervention programs. Learning sign language before cochlear implant surgery may improve subsequent language outcomes and support the child's cognitive and socioemotional success.

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Cochlear ImplantationCochlear ImplantsDeafnessHearing AidsChildHumansInfantInfant, NewbornLanguage Development

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PMID36241402
PMCPMC9833135
OpenAlexW4306316575

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