The effect of duration of using cochlear implant and hearing aid on the speech intelligibility of children with hearing loss

Abstract

Introduction: Because people with hearing loss have no feedback mechanism to monitor and adjust their speech٫so their speech production are often unclear and affected. Today, by advances in audio enhancement systems and biotechnologies of implantation٫ the greater efficiency of rehabilitation interventions, was provided to children with hearing impairment. In this study we aimed to investigate the relation of the use of hearing aids and cochlear implant to speech intelligibility of children with hearing impairment.