Listy klinické logopedie 2025, 9(2):74-82 | DOI: 10.36833/lkl.2025.015

Assessing Language Development in Children with Cochlear Implants: Challenges and Perspectives in Czech Practice

Mgr. et Mgr. Michaela Svoboda1,2, Dr. Kateřina Chládková, M.A.1,2
1 Ústav Českého jazyka a teorie komunikace, Filozofická fakulta Univerzity Karlovy, Jana Palacha 2, 116 38 Praha 1, Česká republika.
2 Psychologický ústav Akademie věd České republiky, Veveří 97, 602 00 Brno, Česká republika.

The aim of this contribution is to introduce the current situation regarding the assessment of language development in children with cochlear implants in the Czech Republic. There is a lack of unified methodology that would allow for reliable monitoring of spoken language development in this population. As a result, not only is there insufficient information about the communicative development of these children, but it is also difficult to track the progress of individual cases.

Keywords: cochlear implants, early intervention, language assessment, diagnostics, MacArthur-Bates Communicative Development Inventories (MB-CDI), Dovyko

Received: June 19, 2025; Revised: July 30, 2025; Accepted: August 5, 2025; Published: December 14, 2025  Show citation

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