Cochlear Implant Centrum Rhein - Main
Friedberg, Germany
Rehabilitation of children with CI –
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Girl: Pauline BurkhardtAge at videotaping: 13 yearsprelingual deaf (>90dB)First fitting: 7,5 years
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} Different aspects:◦ Age of implantation◦ Bilateral cochlear implantation◦ Migration background◦ Children with additional impairements◦ Children with hearing impaired parents◦ Educational placement
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Bilateral CI (n= 171) March 2009
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Children without additional disabilities or migration background (n= 244)
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38%
30%
7%
25%
Main stream School for hearing impaired
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Children with foreign family-languageMarch 2009 (n= 103)
49%
7%3%5%5%1%
30%
TurkishArabianserbischpakistanischmarokkanischItalianOthers
Spoken Languages in CIC: 19
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25%17%
12%
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16%
learning cognitive body behavior eyes multiple
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2%
98%
Children of hearing impaired parents
Children of hearing parents
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But they do depend on…
§ UNHS§ Duration of deafness§ Cause for deafness§ Duration of HA support§ Status of hearing nerve§ Good working technical support§ Mono- or bilateral support§ Support by the parents§ Education style§ …Important!Regular Rehabilitation with professional support
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} Why do these children have got a good chance to get into language?
} Importance of parental/ family support} Parents have to become real specialists for their
own children} That‘s why parents always have to join: Directly or
by television
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Therapist
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Child
Parents
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School
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parents child
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Life or via live online rooms
Early support school others