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Kawasaki, Akihiro Okayama University
Fukushima, Kunihiro Okayama University Kaken ID publons researchmap
Kataoka, Yuko Okayama University Kaken ID publons
Fukuda, Shoichiro Okayama University
Nishizaki, Kazunori Okayama University Kaken ID publons researchmap
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Objective: While investigators have reported that patients with GJB2-associated deafness and cochlear implants have preferable language development, the mechanisms of this phenomenon remains unknown. The goat of the present study was to assess higher brain functions of patients with GJB2-retated and GJB2-unrelated deafness as a method of evaluating language development.
Methods: Eight children with cochlear implants were subjected to genetic testing for GJB2 and underwent the Raven colored progressive matrices test, Rey's auditory verbal learning test, Rey's complex figure test, the standardized Language test for aphasia, the picture vocabulary test, and the standardized comprehension test for abstract words.
Results:Three children were diagnosed with GJB2-related deafness, and five children were diagnosed with GJB2-unrelated deafness. All three GJB2-related cases demonstrated normal range higher brain functions and fair language development. By contrast, one GJB2-unrelated case showed a semantic disorder, another demonstrated a visual cognitive disorder with dyslexia, and another had attention deficit-hyperactivity disorder.
Conclusions:Children with GJB2-unrelated deafness showed a high frequency of heterogeneous disorders that can affect proper language development. This difference between children with GJB2-retated and GJB2-unrelated deafness may account for the improved language development in children with GJB2-related deafness and cochlear implants. Further, genetic diagnosis of the non-syndromic hearing toss represents a useful tool for the preoperative prediction of outcomes following a cochlear implant procedure.

キーワード
cochlear implant
higher brain function
GJB2
language development
non-syndromic hearing loss
learninng disability
備考
Digital Object Identifer:10.1016/j.ijporl.2006.01.010
Published with permission from the copyright holder. This is the institute's copy, as published in the Journal of International Journal of Pediatric Otorhinolaryngology, August 2006, Volume 70, Issue 8, Pages 1343-1349.
Publisher URL:http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.ijporl.2006.01.010
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発行日
2006-8
出版物タイトル
International Journal of Pediatric Otorhinolaryngology
70巻
8号
開始ページ
1343
終了ページ
1349
資料タイプ
学術雑誌論文
言語
英語
査読
有り
DOI
Web of Science KeyUT
Submission Path
otorhinolaryngology/5