176 Copyright © 2017 Korean Academy of Audiology INTRODUCTION 국내서는 생청각선검사로 난청이 진단되,  는 청각장 유형과 청력손 정도 따라 적절한 보청기 착 용하고 -  달을 위한 청능재활(aural habilitation)  참 한다. 이때, 청각장 의 청력이 고도(severe) 이상이고 보청기 착용해도 - 의 달이 비한 경우는 인공 우이(cochlear implantation) 의 대상이 되, 인공우이 을 통해 구 의사소통(oral communication) 달 필요한 유용한 청력을 가지게 된다(ASHA, 2017; Blamey et al., 2001; Cole & Flexer, 2011). 선행 구(Houston & Miyamoto, 2010; James et al., 2008; Lee et al., 2012) 서는 청각장 동의 인 공우이 령이 수록 더 나은 지각(speech percep- tion), - , 의사소통 , 학 성취 보인다고 하다 . Burk- holder & Pisoni(2003)는 인공우이 령으로 인공우 동의 술 후 수행력을 설할 수 다고 급하서, 조기 인공우이을 더라고 청각장 동의 수행력 달 개 인 간 차이가 크다고 보고하다 . 즉, 인공우 동 중서 일 부는 정상청력의 또래 동과 비한 수준의 -  달을 성취하기도 하지, 다 일부는 -  달 지체(delay), Efect o f Smartphone Applications for Aural Habilitation in Cochlear Implanted Children: Improvement for Auditory Memory Skills Youngmee Lee 1 , Seulgi Lee 2,3 1 Department of Communication Disorders, Tongmyong University, Busan, Korea 2 Department of Speech-Language Therapy & Aural Rehabilitation, Graduate School of Health and Welfare, Woosong University, Daejeon, Korea 3 Donga Auditory Habilitation Center, Busan, Korea 스마트폰 어플리케이션을 이용한 중재가 인공와우 아동의 청각기억에 미치는 영향 이 영 미 1 ·이 슬 기 2,3 동명대학교 언어치료학과 1 , 우송대학교 보건복지대학원 언어청각재활학과, 2 동아와우청각언어센터 3 Purpose: The purpose of this study was to investigate the effects of aural habilitation using the smartphone applications of auditory mem- ory skills for children with cochlear implants. Methods: Three children with cochlear implants (CIs) between the ages of 3 and 8 years participated in this study. The children attended the intervention using the smartphone applications once a week for 5 weeks. We evalu- ated their auditory memory skills before and after intervention, and analyzed the data using a one-group pretest and posttest design. The child’s mother attended the survey for evaluating the educational effectiveness and satisfaction from the aural habilitation using the applications. Results: There were signifcant accuracy increases in the categorical items of auditory memory tasks. The intervention effect was not signifcant for auditory memory accuracy in the non-categorical items. There were individual differences in mother’s per- ceived educational effectiveness and satisfaction with the intervention using the applications. Conclusion: The current study suggests that aural habilitation using the smartphone applications is effective and useful in improving auditory memory skills for children with CIs. Key Words:0 Aural habilitation, Smartphone application, Auditory memory, Cochlear implants, Children. Received: February 6, 2017 / Revised: March 15, 2017 / Accepted: April 2, 2017 Correspondence: Youngmee Lee, Department of Communication Disorders, Tongmyong University, 428 Sinseon-ro, Nam-gu, Busan 48520, Korea Tel: +82-51-629-2135 / Fax: +82-51- 629-2019 / E-mail: ymlee3060@gmail.com RESEARCH PAPER ISSN 1738-9399 / Audiol Speech Res 2017;13(2):176-192 / https://doi.org/10.21848/asr.2017.13.2.176 ASR