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Auditory processing disorder test battery in european portuguese: development a...
Martins, Jorge Humberto; Alves, Marisa; Andrade, Susana; Falé, Isabel; Teixeira, AntónioThere is an increasing need for state-of-the-art Central Auditory Processing assessment for Portuguese native speakers, applicable as early as possible. As a contribution to answering this need, this paper presents a new battery for Central Auditory Processing assessment for European Portuguese applicable to children aged 5 and above, named BAPA-PE, providing information regarding test selection and development...
Cochlear implant hearing rehabilitation in elderly patients
Andrade, Susana; Martins, Jorge HumbertoObjectives: This study aimed to evaluate the benefits of cochlear implant in adults with more than 65 years of age at time of surgery compared with those obtained by adults implanted at younger ages. The author also intended to evaluate the impact of cochlear implantation in the quality of life of older patients. Results: Outcomes of verbal discrimination performance in elderly cochlear implant users were gener...
Auditory processing disorder test battery in European Portuguese: development a...
Martins, Jorge Humberto; Alves, Marisa; Andrade, Susana; Falé, Isabel; Teixeira, AntónioThere is an increasing need for state-of-the-art Central Auditory Processing assessment for Portuguese native speakers, applicable as early as possible. As a contribution to answering this need, this paper presents a new battery for Central Auditory Processing assessment for European Portuguese applicable to children aged 5 and above, named BAPA-PE, providing information regarding test selection and development...
Processamento auditivo central em pessoas idosas : resultados preliminares
Fernandes, Carolina; Silva, Carla Matos, 1975-; Alves, Ana Rita; Prata, Cláudia; Rocha, Clara; Martins, Jorge HumbertoINTRODUÇÃO: A presbiacúsia acarreta dificuldades na interpretação do sinal sonoro com uma influência acrescida na perceção do discurso na presença de ruído. Pretende-se estudar as habilidades do processamento auditivo central na discriminação da fala no ruído, em pessoas idosas. MATERIAL E MÉTODOS: A amostra foi constituída por 20 sujeitos, com idades compreendidas entre os 67 e os 92 anos. Todos realizaram oto...
Processamento auditivo central em pessoas idosas: resultados preliminares
Martins, Jorge Humberto; Rocha, Clara; Prata, Cláudia; Alves, Ana Rita; Silva, Carla Matos; Fernandes, Carolina Sofia PereiraA presbiacúsia acarreta dificuldades na interpretação do sinal sonoro com uma influência acrescida na perceção do discurso na presença de ruído. Pretende-se estudar as habilidades do processamento auditivo central na discriminação da fala no ruído, em pessoas idosas.
Music listening experiences in Cochlear Implant users
Alves, Marisa; Martins, Jorge Humberto; Alves, Helena; Melo, Ana Sofia; Ramos, Daniela; Oliveira, Graça; Magalhães, Isabel; Ribeiro, CarlosObjectives: Music enjoyment is, nowadays, one of the difficulties felt by cochlear implant users. This work aims to investigate music listening habits and music enjoyment in cochlear implant adult users with post-lingual deafness and to analyze the importance of musicbased auditory training in the context of auditory rehabilitation after cochlear implantation.Materials and methods: The outcome measure used was ...
Mais and muss questionnaires in the evaluation of auditory and communication de...
Alves, Marisa; Ramos, Daniela; Alves, Helena; Martins, Jorge Humberto; Silva, Luís; Ribeiro, CarlosObjectives: The authors aimed to characterize the evolution of auditory and communication development of children with prelingual hearing impairment who use cochlear implant in the first three years after cochlear implantation.Materials and methods: 32 children with sensorineural bilateral profound prelingual hearing loss who use cochlear implant were studied. The evaluation instruments were Meaningful Auditory...
Long-term outcomes of children with congenital deafness with more than 15 years...
Martins, Jorge Humberto; Alves, Marisa; Ramos, Daniela; Alves, Helena; Peixoto, Conceição; Andrade, Susana; Silva, Luis; Ribeiro, CarlosObjectives: In this study, the authors aim to investigate if cochlear implant (CI) allows the development of oral communication based on audition and if this is a technology that is safe and reliable at a long-term basis.Material and Methods: The participants were divided into two groups: group 1: individuals with 15 or more years of CI experience; group 2: individuals with 10 to 14 years of CI experience. Both...
Long-term outcomes in adult patients over 15 years of cochlear implant use - Ou...
Martins, Jorge Humberto; Alves, Marisa; Ramos, Daniela; Alves, Helena; Peixoto, Conceição; Andrade, Susana; Silva, Luis; Ribeiro, CarlosObjectives: In this study, the authors aimed to compare the performance of cochlear implant users with more and less than 15 years of cochlear implant experience.Material and Methods: Two groups were created: group 1 – 21 individuals with 15 or more years of cochlear implant experience; group 2 – 263 individuals with less than 15 years of cochlear implant experience. The instruments used were the tests that com...
Language acquisition and development in children with cochlear implant
Alves, Helena; Martins, Jorge Humberto; Oliveira, Graça; Alves, Marisa; Ramos, Daniela; Silva, Luís; Ribeiro, CarlosObjective: Check the vocabulary acquisition in children with cochlear implants, depending on their hearing age. Materials and Methods: This study analyzed 100 Inventories (Inventory on the Development of Communication - MCDI - WS) completed by parents of children implanted at the Department of Otorhinolaryngology, CHUC, EPE - CHC. The MCDI - WS is an inventory that seeks to check language acquisition between 16...