Oral Communication Provides Better Outcomes for Children with Cochlear
  Implants
From: Medical Design Technology - 06/12/2017

In a new, multisite study of deaf children with cochlear implants, UT Dallas
researchers have found that children with either no exposure or limited
exposure to sign language end up with better auditory, speaking and reading
skills later. The paper is one of the first nationwide longitudinal studies
of how sign language exposure affects young cochlear implant recipients.

The topic of whether children with cochlear implants should begin their
communication experience with sign language has been controversial. However,
Dr. Andrea Warner-Czyz, assistant professor in the School of Behavioral and
Brain Sciences (BBS) and co-author of the study, says the research clarifies
outcomes for such decisions.

"If you want your deaf child to be an oral communicator and have reading and
language measures on par with their normal hearing peers, then signing to
them may not provide the easiest route to that outcome," she says.

Read the entire article at:
https://www.mdtmag.com/news/2017/06/oral-communication-provides-better-outcomes-children-cochlear-implants

Links:
Early Sign Language Exposure and Cochlear Implantation Benefits
http://pediatrics.aappublications.org/content/early/2017/06/08/peds.2016-3489

Andrea Warner-Czyz
http://www.utdallas.edu/bbs/faculty/detail.php5?i=1121

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