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Exposure to spoken communication in children with cochlear implants during COVID-19 lockdown

2021-02-18
(Press-News.org) What The Study Did: 
This study examined how lockdowns during the COVID-19 pandemic changed the spoken communication environments of children with cochlear implants by comparing the sounds they were exposed to before and during the resulting closures of schools and nonessential businesses.

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Karen A. Gordon, Ph.D., of the University of Toronto and The Hospital for Sick Children in Toronto, Canada, is the corresponding author.

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(doi:10.1001/jamaoto.2020.5496)

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