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Long-term effects of cochlear implantation on the intelligibility of speech in French-speaking children

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  19 December 2019

Bénédicte GRANDON ,
Marie-José MARTINEZ ,
Adeline SAMSON  and
Anne VILAIN
Bénédicte GRANDON*
Affiliation:
Université Grenoble Alpes, CNRS, Grenoble INP, GIPSA-lab, Grenoble, France
Marie-José MARTINEZ
Affiliation:
Université Grenoble Alpes, CNRS, Grenoble INP, Laboratoire Jean Kuntzmann, Grenoble, France
Adeline SAMSON
Affiliation:
Université Grenoble Alpes, CNRS, Grenoble INP, Laboratoire Jean Kuntzmann, Grenoble, France
Anne VILAIN
Affiliation:
Université Grenoble Alpes, CNRS, Grenoble INP, GIPSA-lab, Grenoble, France Institut Universitaire de France
*
*Corresponding author. Gipsa-lab & Université Grenoble Alpes, 1180 Avenue Centrale - BP25, 38031GRENOBLE Cedex 9, France. E-mail: BenedicteGrandon@gmail.com
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Abstract

Our study compares the intelligibility of French-speaking children with a cochlear implant (N = 13) and age-matched children with typical hearing (N = 13) in a narrative task. This contrasts with previous studies in which speech intelligibility of children with cochlear implants is most often tested using repetition or reading tasks. Languages other than English are seldom considered. Their productions were graded by naive and expert listeners. The results show that (1) children with CIs have lower intelligibility, (2) early implantation is a predictor of good intelligibility, and (3) late implantation after two years of age does not prevent the children from eventually reaching good intelligibility.

Keywords

intelligibilitycochlear implantspontaneous speech.

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Journal of Child Language , Volume 47 , Issue 4 , July 2020 , pp. 881 - 892
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Copyright © Cambridge University Press 2019

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