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School performance of children received cochlear implantation under age of five

  • Journal of Special Education: Theory and Practice
  • Abbr : JSPED
  • 2010, 11(3), pp.305-337
  • Publisher : Research Institute of the Korea Special Education
  • Research Area : Social Science > Education

허민정 1 Lee-Suk Kim 2

1부산대학교
2동아대학교

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ABSTRACT

This study aims to investigate the school performance of children who received cochlear implantation under age of five and have been integrated into regular elementary schools compared to that of normal hearing children, and to examine the factors associated with the school performance of these children. Classroom teachers completed the questionnaires comprised of 26 items regarding communication skill, psycho-social adjustment, academic achievement, and general integration adjustment for 37 children with cochlear implants and 37 normal hearing children attending the same classrooms. As a result, the school performance of higher grade students with cochlear implants was significantly lower than that of lower grade students with cochlear implants. In the lower grade, students with cochlear implants showed significantly lower communication abilities than normal hearing children. On the other hand, in the higher grade, students with cochlear implants showed significantly lower performance on four aspects of school performance. In terms of related factors to school performance, communication abilities were correlated with age at implantation, auditory performance, language ability, and habilitation, and social-emotional adjustment was related with three variables except age at implantation. Academic achievement was related with auditory performance and language ability.

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