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Are early implanted Cochlear Implant users better at producing question intonation later in life?
What is it about?
Those CI users who were implanted before 4 years of age did better at producing the question intonation contour than those CI users implanted after 4 years of age, but not as well as the typical hearing control group. However, in other aspects of question intonation, such as phrase final lengthening, all CI users did poorly - no matter how early they were implanted.
Why is it important?
This study suggests that early implantation of a cochlear implant device may lead to better spoken language outcomes in the area of speech prosody later in life.