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Abstract
This paper summarizes findings from a population study on outcomes of children with hearing loss in Australia, the Longitudinal Outcomes of Children with Hearing Impairment (http://www.outcomes.nal.gov.au) study. Children were evaluated at several intervals using standardized tests, and the relationship between a range of predictors and the outcomes was examined. This paper reports the performance of children with cochlear implants at 5 years of age together with factors predicting word reading ability. Earlier age at cochlear implantation was significantly associated with better word reading ability, after controlling for the effects of language, receptive vocabulary, nonverbal cognitive ability, and device configuration.
Acknowledgments
We are grateful to all families and their children for participating in the LOCHI study. Data collection and project administration are supported by the LOCHI team. The project described was partly supported by Award Number R01DC008080 from the National Institute On Deafness and Other Communication Disorders. The content is solely the responsibility of the authors and does not necessarily represent the official views of the National Institute On Deafness and Other Communication Disorders or the National Institutes of Health. Funding support was also provided by the Office of Hearing Services in Australia, Department of Health in New South Wales, Phonak Ltd., and the Oticon Foundation. We also acknowledge the financial support of the Commonwealth of Australia through the establishment of the HEARing CRC and the Cooperative Research Centres.