Cognitive improvement after cochlear implantation in deaf children with associated disabilities.
Serena MichelettiPatrizia AccorsiLucio GiordanoStefano CalzaNader NassifMaria G BarezzaniElisa FazziLuca O Redaelli de ZinisPublished in: Developmental medicine and child neurology (2020)
Children with associated disabilities, especially if linked to non-verbal cognitive disorders, benefitted from cochlear implantation. They improved their comprehension of acoustic information inferred from the environment, improving not only functional auditory skills but also non-verbal cognition.