Zhuk V. Formation of auditory skills in children with cochlear implants

This dissertation is a theoretical and experimental study of formation of hearing skills in children with cochlear implants. Moreover, the formation of auditory skills provides a gradual increase in the significance of the auditory component in perception, understanding and speech production, associated with the development of auditory attention, auditory-speech memory, analysis, synthesis, phonemic processes. This dissertation includes a model of hearing and speech skills, on the basis of which the diagnostic complex is developed and the stage of formation of hearing and speech skills in children with cochlear implants who receive correctional and developmental services in special educational institutions is identified. We have generalized the core theoretical views on the nature, trends and substance of correctional and developmental impact on children with cochlear implants and defined them as a prolonged, dynamic, interdisciplinary process implemented on the basis of team interaction; a set of measures aimed at optimizing the sensory, cognitive, social, and communicative development of children with hearing impairments. Significant factors and features of auditory development of children with cochlear implants have been identified. We have developed, modelled and experimentally tested the method of hearing and speech development in children with cochlear implants. Target, conceptual, substance, professional, and competency-based elements of this method ensure the complexity of correctional and developmental impact, taking into account its main factors and the state of hearing development of children with cochlear implants.