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Phonological Awareness in Cochlear Implants Users

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Last updated: 03 Jan 2025

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Background: Phonological awareness (PA) refers to the explicit awareness of the abstract units that compose spoken words, including syllables, onset and rime units, and individual phonemes. Phonological awareness is a critical precursor to the acquisition of reading.
Objective: The aim of this work was to evaluate the phonological abilities skills in children with cochlear implant users (CI), and if they need interventionor not.
Subjects and Methods: We assessed PA using certain skills of the Arabic phonological awareness test (blending syllables into words (BSW), blending phonemes into words (BPW) and isolating initial sound (IIP). Thirty children with cochlear implant (CI) and control group of 25 normal developed children. Inclusion criteria: children aged from 5:8 years with IQ ≥ 80, and their language age at least 3-word sentence, Started basic literacy skills, and their mother tongue was Arabic language. Exclusion criteria: Mental retardation and any Neurological diseases. Results and conclusion: PA skills as regarding BSW, BPW is intact within the study group, while IIP was defective in CI users children, which need further training throughout their language therapy sessions.

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Phonological awareness, Cochlear implant, and learning problems

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Nihal Hisham Abdelhamid (1), Mona Abdel-Fattah Hegazi (2),

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Dina Ahmed Elrefaie (2)

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(1) Phoniatric Department, Hearing and Speech Institute, Imbaba, (2) Phoniatric Department, Faculty of Medicine, Ain Shams University, Cairo, Egypt

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71

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6

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1648

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2018-04-01

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2018-03-20

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2018-04-01

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3,424

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3,428

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1687-2002

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2090-7125

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EJHM_Volume 71_Issue 6_Pages 3424-3428.pdf

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The Egyptian Journal of Hospital Medicine

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Phonological Awareness in Cochlear Implants Users

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22 Jan 2023