Auditory training through cochlear habilitator (software) in children with cochlear implantation– A pre-post therapy comparison

Abstract

Cochlear Habilitator is an animated hypothetical cochlear pattern right and left with illumination from frequencies 125 Hz to 13000 Hz awareness and saving contours. This programmed has complete battery of training and testing on pure tones from 125 Hz to 10,000 Hz and environmental sounds numbering 79. The present study aimed to see the efficacy of cochlear habilitator in cochlear implant children. A total 10 cochlear implant children under which 4-female and, 6-male participants with in the age range of 3-7 years participated in this study with normal IQ and no history of any health problems. The cochlear habilitator (software) was installed in a laptop connected with two loudspeakers, which are configured with the cochlear habilitator (software) with azimuth angle of 180 degree. The 10 cochlear implant participants were selected based on the subject selection criteria, from the speech and hearing clinic and auditory training was provided for 28 days/sessions. The data was analyzed using SPSS software (version 17.0). T test values shows there is a significant difference in all tasks individually and on overall performance. The mean scores of Post therapy test is higher than the pre-therapy test. Hence cochlear habilitator computer based online software is a useful tool for cochlear implant children’s management in auditory training.