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Benchmarks of Performance for Children with Cochlear Implants (HOPE recording)

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1.  Which of the following skills is least likely to be observed almost immediately after cochlear implant activation? detection of speech sounds across all frequencies response to/comprehension of the child's name detection of a variety of environmental sounds detection of the Ling 6 Sounds

2.  One can conclude that a child has not met expected benchmarks after considering the total amount of time spent in therapy true false

3.  Because benchmarks will be used to monitor the progress of a particular child against group trends, challenges to meeting these benchmarks should be identified once the family has made a decision to proceed with implantation on the first day of activation during candidacy consideration yearly, following annual speech/language and speech perception testing

4.  As they reach the "listen to learn" stage, each child's development will become more idiosyncratic, suggesting a need for individualized goals and support True False

5.  All teenagers receiving cochlear implants can be considered a homogenous group and be expected to reach benchmarks in a similar fashion. True False