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Bilingual hearing acquisition in Welsh and English following cochlear implantation

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  29 June 2007

Jonathan Osborne ,
Janet Jenkins  and
Clive Sparkes
Jonathan Osborne*
Affiliation:
Department of Otolaryngology, Glan Clwyd District General Hospital, Bodelwyddan, Denbigshire, North Wales
Janet Jenkins
Affiliation:
Department of Otolaryngology, Glan Clwyd District General Hospital, Bodelwyddan, Denbigshire, North Wales
Clive Sparkes
Affiliation:
Department of Otolaryngology, Glan Clwyd District General Hospital, Bodelwyddan, Denbigshire, North Wales
*
Address for correspondence: Mr Jonathan Osborne, F.R.C.S., Department of Otolaryngology, Clwyd District General Hospital, Bodelwyddan, Denbighshire LL18 2UJ, North Wales. Fax: (07145) 583143.
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Abstract

A post lingually deafened adult equilingual in Welsh and English, received rehabilitation in both languages following cochlear implantation.

Hearing acquisition was very similar in both languages, indicating that there is no need to vary the electrode coding strategy for different languages of Indo-European origin. The situation may be difficult for tonal languages such as Chinese.

Keywords

Cochlear implantHearing acquisition, bilingual
Type
Clinical Records
Information
The Journal of Laryngology & Otology , Volume 110 , Issue 8 , August 1996 , pp. 776 - 778
Copyright
Copyright © JLO (1984) Limited 1996

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