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. 2013 Mar 4:2013:565096.
doi: 10.1155/2013/565096. Print 2013.

Performance of Indian Children with Cochlear Implant on PEACH Scale

Suman Kumar  1 , Nachiketa Rout, Navnit Kumar, Indranil Chatterjee, H Selvakumaran
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Performance of Indian Children with Cochlear Implant on PEACH Scale

Suman Kumar et al. ISRN Otolaryngol. .

Abstract

This study compares the functional language performance of Tamil-speaking children (n = 30) who received a cochlear implant (CI) before 2 years of age (earlier implanted group: EIG) and between 3 and 4 years of age (later implanted group: LIG). Everyday functional language of children was evaluated by interviewing parents using the adapted Parents' Evaluation of Aural/Oral Performance of Children (PEACH) Questionnaire in Tamil language. On average, both groups of children had difficulties in everyday language functioning. However, functional results of EIG were better than those of LIG. In addition significant correlations were found between age at intervention and PEACH score. The evidence lends support to early intervention increasing the functional performance of the children fitted with CI. PEACH can be a clinically feasible evaluation tool to implement in practice for clinicians to obtain meaningful information regarding children's auditory performance in real life at childhood.

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Mean Tamil PEACH scores as a function of intervention groups (EIG and LIG). Error bars show SD.
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