The cochlear implant: a comparison of single-channel and multichannel results.
We have performed 39 cochlear implants at St. Paul's Hospital since 1982. Fourteen patients received a House/3M implant and 23 patients received a total of 25 multichannel Nucleus implants. We present a comparison of subjective and objective results in seven patients who first received a single channel implant and were subsequently implanted with a multichannel device. We also report in detail results obtained by a 55-year-old man who received a House/3M implant and subsequently received bilateral Nucleus implants. Results in this patient demonstrate some factors that influence successful use of an implant.
Doyle
P J
PJ
Division of Otolaryngology, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, Canada.
Pijl
S
S
Noel
F J
FJ
D003054:Cochlear Implants; D003638:Deafness / Q000601:surgery; D006309:Hearing; D006319:Hearing Loss, Sensorineural / Q000601:surgery; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D010700:Phonetics; D011474:Prosthesis Design; D013065:Speech Intelligibility; D013067:Speech Perception