AUDITORY PLASTICITY AND COCHLEAR IMPLANTS IN CHILDREN- A REVIEW

2016-11-07T02-16-15Z
Source: International Journal of Current Research and Review
Muhammed Ayas, Hakam Yaseen, Ahmed Munzer Alwaa.
Aim: The review article is aimed at highlighting the importance of Auditory Plasticity for the positive outcomes in cochlear implantation, which is intrinsic to the critical age period. Method: Various electronic databases such as PubMed/ Medline, Science Direct, CINHAL etc. were used to extract the articles. The keywords used for the search engine were auditory plasticity, deprivation, and cortical re organization, cochlear implants. Discussion: The current review suggests that auditory plasticity is important in achieving proper wiring of acoustic sensation in the congenial hearing loss cases. Critical age period for the intake of new information and learning occurs before 3.5 years of age and post critical period the language learning is delayed. Conclusion: Auditory plasticity and its related functions are critical in influencing the outcome after the CI in children. The advent of electrophysiology into clinical research has paved a path breaking journey in understanding the complex processing of auditory signals in the primary and secondary cortical areas.


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