## ci_elderly_speech_all.jpg

The image consists of three bar graphs labeled (a), (b), and (c). Each graph represents data from different groups of patients over time after a specific intervention. The x-axis shows the percentage of improvement in various linguistic skills, while the y-axis indicates the time intervals post-intervention: "Before CI," "After 3 months," "After 6 months," and "After 12 months."

### Graph (a):
- **Title**: Six Patients
- **Skills Measured**:
  - Ling's six-sound test
  - Syllable discrimination
  - Monosyllabic word recognition
  - Multisyllabic word recognition

The bars show the percentage of improvement for each skill category. For example, before the intervention (labeled "Before CI"), the percentage is very low across all categories. After three months, there's a noticeable increase in performance on all skills, with the highest improvement seen in multisyllabic word recognition.

### Graph (b):
- **Title**: Twenty Patients
- **Skills Measured**:
  - Ling's six-sound test
  - Syllable discrimination
  - Monosyllabic word recognition
  - Multisyllabic word recognition

Similar to graph (a), the bars indicate a significant improvement in all skills post-intervention. The percentage of improvement is higher than that shown for the "Six Patients" group, especially noticeable after three months and continuing through twelve months.

### Graph (c):
- **Title**: Four Patients
- **Skills Measured**:
  - Ling's six-sound test
  - Syllable discrimination
  - Monosyllabic word recognition
  - Multisyllabic word recognition

The improvement in skills for this group is also evident, with the highest percentage of improvement seen after three months and continuing to increase over time. The performance levels are higher than those shown in graph (a) but lower compared to graph (b).

Each bar represents a different linguistic skill category, and the height of each bar corresponds to the percentage of improvement for that particular group at each post-intervention time point.



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