Author/Editor		Novak, Ciril
Title		Razvoj nebesednih intelektualnih sposobnosti pri otrocih s polžkovim vsadkom
Translated title		Progress in non-verbal intellectual functioning in children with cochlear implant
Type		članek
Source		In: Zbornik referatov 2. slovenskega posveta o rehabilitaciji oseb s polževim vsadkom; 2002 nov 8-9; Maribor. Maribor: Center za sluh in govor,
Publication year		2002
Volume		str. 113-5
Language		slo
Abstract		Purpose. The aim of the study was to establish whether and how non-verbal intellectual functioning in deaf children is affected by the implantation of cochlear implant (CI). Subjects and methods. 15 children, aged 2-8 years at the time of the implantation of CI (modal age 3 years) were examined before and 2-4 years after it. At both occasions their non-verbal intellectual functioning was tested by The Leiter International Performance Scale (LIPS) which was specifically designed to examine non-verbal intellectual functioning independently of verbal factor. Results. Since the number of subjects was low, no statistical analysis was made. Gathered data show that all the children progressed. 7 of them achieved importantly higher quotients between mental and chronological age a few years after the implantation compared to those achieved before it. The greatest augmentation was found in a boy who was 6 years old at the time of implantation and has used CI for 3 years. Conclusion. All the examined children with CI progressed in their non-verbal intellectual functioning. Approximately half of them accelerated. We cannot say that it is only due to gaining hearing, but also other components of specific rehabilitation and therapeutic programmes.
Descriptors		DEAFNESS COCHLEAR IMPLANT NONVERBAL COMMUNICATION CHILD