Characterization of Cortical Auditory Evoked Potentials in individuals with long-term use of cochlear implants

• Grant number: 11/04698-7
• Support Opportunities: Scholarships in Brazil - Master
• Start date: April 01, 2012
• End date: February 28, 2013
• Field of knowledge: Health Sciences - Speech Therapy
• Principal Investigator: Kátia de Freitas Alvarenga
• Grantee: Raquel Caroline Ferreira Lopes Fontanelli
• Host Institution: Faculdade de Odontologia de Bauru (FOB). Universidade de São Paulo (USP). Bauru , SP, Brazil

Abstract

ABSTRACTIntroduction: The results obtained in the speech perception and oral language acquisition in children using cochlear implants vary. The main aspects pointed to justify these results are age at surgery, time of sensory deprivation and time of cochlear implant use. The physiological changes in the hearing system, related to age, reflect in the auditory evoked potentials, thus, it is possible to determine the relation in these changes and the development of behavioral hearing skills. Goal: To identify and verify the characteristics of complex P1-N1-P2 of long-latency auditory evoked potentials, in cochlear implant users for a long time, and correlate them with speech perception performance, and secondarily, with other variables related to cochlear implants. Material and Method: Thirty cochlear implant users who were implanted in the age range 2 - 4 years, from both genders, with the time of use electronic device ranging from 6 to 14 yrs, will participate in this study. Complex P1-N1-P2 of long-latency auditory evoked potentials will be researched with the /da/ speech stimulus and speech perception assessed with sentence list. The procedures will be performed in free field.

Academic Publications

(References retrieved automatically from State of São Paulo Research Institutions)

FONTANELLI, Raquel Caroline Ferreira Lopes. Characterization of Cortical Auditory Evoked Potentials in individuals with long-term use of cochlear implants. 2013. Master's Dissertation - Universidade de São Paulo (USP). Faculdade de Odontologia de Bauru (FOB/SDB) Bauru.