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TeenEARS: development of a pilot assessment battery for cochlear implanted adolescents

TeenEARS: development of a pilot assessment battery for cochlear implanted adolescents
TeenEARS: development of a pilot assessment battery for cochlear implanted adolescents
Changes in selection criteria have led to the inclusion of pre-lingually deafened adolescents as potential cochlear implant candidates, depending on their degree of residual hearing, access to and use of acoustic amplification, use of oral communication, and other factors such as motivation and support. Outcomes results in adolescents vary widely, and it has become evident that there is a need for a test battery that can assess a wide range of skills over time. This article presents the development and validation of one such test battery: TeenEARS. Eleven tests were assessed for inclusion in the test battery. Consideration was given to the ability of the test to measure improvement over time; the fact that there needed to be easier and more difficult tests in terms of language, communication and listening; the need for closed and open-set assessments; and a range of listening tasks: from sounds to conversational language. Data on 23 adolescents assessed and judgment based on clinical experience resulted in eight tests being included in the TeenEARS test battery.
1467-0100
119-131
Anderson, Ilona
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Phillips, Lucy
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Roberts, Lynne
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Costa, Anne
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Cross, Sarie
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Roberts, Lynne
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Costa, Anne
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Anderson, Ilona, Phillips, Lucy, Roberts, Lynne, Jamieson, Lyn, Costa, Anne and Cross, Sarie (2008) TeenEARS: development of a pilot assessment battery for cochlear implanted adolescents. Cochlear Implants International, 9 (3), 119-131. (doi:10.1002/cii.361).

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Changes in selection criteria have led to the inclusion of pre-lingually deafened adolescents as potential cochlear implant candidates, depending on their degree of residual hearing, access to and use of acoustic amplification, use of oral communication, and other factors such as motivation and support. Outcomes results in adolescents vary widely, and it has become evident that there is a need for a test battery that can assess a wide range of skills over time. This article presents the development and validation of one such test battery: TeenEARS. Eleven tests were assessed for inclusion in the test battery. Consideration was given to the ability of the test to measure improvement over time; the fact that there needed to be easier and more difficult tests in terms of language, communication and listening; the need for closed and open-set assessments; and a range of listening tasks: from sounds to conversational language. Data on 23 adolescents assessed and judgment based on clinical experience resulted in eight tests being included in the TeenEARS test battery.

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Published date: September 2008
Organisations: Human Sciences Group

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Local EPrints ID: 65367
URI: http://eprints.soton.ac.uk/id/eprint/65367
ISSN: 1467-0100
PURE UUID: 81e4905a-09e7-437a-b3e1-93aba0cf4b77

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Date deposited: 12 Feb 2009
Last modified: 13 Mar 2024 17:38

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Author: Ilona Anderson
Author: Lucy Phillips
Author: Lynne Roberts
Author: Lyn Jamieson
Author: Anne Costa
Author: Sarie Cross

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