Deafness affects∼ 2 in 1000 children and is one of the most common congenital
impairments. Permanent hearing loss can be treated by fitting hearing aids. More severe to …

Speech and music are highly complex signals that have many shared acoustic features.
Pitch, Timbre, and Timing can be used as overarching perceptual categories for describing …

Unilateral hearing in childhood restricts input along the bilateral auditory pathways, possibly
causing permanent reorganization. In this study we asked:(i) do the auditory pathways …

Spatial hearing skills are essential for children as they grow, learn and play. These skills
provide critical cues for determining the locations of sources in the environment, and enable …

Objective: To assess cochlear implant (CI) outcomes, and factors affecting outcomes, for
children with aplasia/hypoplasia of the cochlea nerve. We also developed a new grading …

Cochlear implant (CI) devices provide the opportunity for children who are deaf to perceive
sound by electrical stimulation of the auditory nerve, with the goal of optimizing oral …

Based on the data reported to date, both the interval between onset of deafness and
cochlear implantation and the interval between implantation of the first and second ears …

Profound bilateral sensorineural hearing loss is diagnosed in a 4-month-old baby girl, and a
cochlear implant is recommended. Unlike hearing aids, which amplify sound, cochlear …

Objectives: To examine speech perception skills in quiet and noise in children using
bilateral cochlear implants and to assess the influence of duration of bilateral deafness and …

There are three essential aspects to consider in the description of human auditory
maturation, namely, the structural, the functional and the behavioral. Structural aspects were …