[Usefulness of TAPS (Polish version) for evaluation of CI children's progress in speech rehabilitation--7 years of observation].

The speech rehabilitation of pre- and perilingually deafened children with cochlear implants it is a very long process. It should be individualized for needs of every young patient. It is possible only after correct evaluation of speech level. There are many tests for this evaluation. Among them same are more known like TAPS test. Test of Auditory Perception of Speech (TAPS) was elaborated in English at Basel University in Swiss. It was translated to Polish at Adam Mickiewicz University and Karol Marcinkowski University School of Medical Sciences in Poznań. The authors present their own 7-years observations.