Early Postimplant Speech Perception and Language Skills Predict Long-Term Language and Neurocognitive Outcomes Following Pediatric Cochlear Implantation.

Conclusion: Speech perception and language skills measured very early postimplantation, and early postimplant growth in speech perception and language, may be clinically relevant markers of long-term language and neurocognitive outcomes in users of cochlear implants. Supplemental materials: http://ift.tt/2tHGBXk. PMID: 28724130 [PubMed - as supplied by publisher] (Source: Journal of speech, language, and hearing research : JSLHR)

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