The Influence of Auditory Feedback and Vocal Rehabilitation on Prelingual Hearing-Impaired Individuals Post Cochlear Implant

Journal of Voice : Official Journal of the Voice Foundation
Maysa Tibério UbrigMaria Valéria S Goffi-Gomez

Abstract

To verify changes in the perceptual and acoustic vocal parameters in prelingual hearing-impaired adults with cochlear implants after vocal rehabilitation. Auditory feedback restoration alone after cochlear implant is not enough for vocal adjustments. A targeted and specific voice therapy intervention is required. Prospective and pre-post repeated measures design. Twenty literate adults with severe to profound prelingual bilateral sensorineural hearing loss participated in the study; individuals were implanted late and were fluent users of oral language. Ages ranged from 17 to 48 years. All individuals presented normal results in laryngoscopy, and hearing thresholds with the cochlear implant were over 40 dB HL. Individuals were randomly distributed into two groups: Group 1 (treatment group) and Group 2 (control group), both with ten patients each, five men and five women, matching mean age and hearing deprivation time before the cochlear implantation. Patients from Group 1 underwent a protocol of vocal therapy including 12 individual sessions with the same clinician. Group 2 only underwent vocal recordings. The vocal recordings occurred before and after the participation in the therapy protocol for Group 1 and after the same per...Continue Reading

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Feb 27, 2021·Journal of Voice : Official Journal of the Voice Foundation·Simone GrafPatrick Hoyer

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