Choongo Mulungu, Tafadzwa Mindu, Kelvin Mulungu
Effectiveness of online counselling during COVID-19 in Zambia. A client and therapists perspective
BMC psychology
cochlear implantation ci prelingually deafened children shown effective intervention developing language reading skill however substantial proportion children receiving ci struggle language reading current studyone first implement electrical source imaging ci population designed identify neural underpinnings two groups ci children good poor language reading skill data using high density electroencephalography eeg resting state condition obtained 75 children 50 cis good hl poor language skills 25 normal hearing nh children identified coherent sources using dynamic imaging coherent sources dics effective connectivity computing timefrequency causality estimation based temporal partial directed coherence tpdc two ci groups compared cohort age gender matched nh children sources higher coherence amplitude observed three frequency bands alpha beta gamma ci groups compared normal hearing children two groups ci children good hl poor language ability exhibited different cortical subcortical source profiles also distinct effective connectivity additionally support vector machine svm algorithm using sources connectivity patterns ci group across three frequency bands able predict language reading scores high accuracy increased coherence ci groups suggest overall oscillatory activity brain areas become strongly coupled compared nh group moreover different sources connectivity patterns association language reading skill groups suggest compensatory adaptation either facilitated impeded language reading development neural differences two groups ci children may reflect potential biomarkers predicting outcome success ci children