title: [Results and indications of cochlear implant in 19 cases of total pre-speech deafness].
abstract: From June, 1987, to January, 1900, 19 patients aged 3 to 56 years have been rehabilitated for total deafness occurring prior to the acquisition of speech, ie. before age 2, whatever its cause. Some degree of hearing was achieved in all cases. However, the rate and steadiness of progress in auditory recognition, the daily period of use of the device and the changes in the behavior were inversely proportional to the patient's age. This leads to proposing cochlear implants for all patients, especially children, and all the more largely as they are young.
authors: Service ORL, Hôpital Saint-Antoine, Paris.
authors: C
authors: C
authors: Fugain
authors: L
authors: L
authors: Monneron
authors: R
authors: R
authors: Sposetti
authors: N
authors: N
authors: Garabedian
authors: B
authors: B
authors: Meyer
authors: C H
authors: CH
authors: Chouard
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D000367:Age Factors; D002648:Child; D002675:Child, Preschool; D003054:Cochlear Implants; D003638:Deafness / Q000209:etiology / Q000534:rehabilitation / Q000628:therapy*; D006801:Humans; D007804:Language Development; D008085:Lipreading; D008875:Middle Aged; D013061:Speech Acoustics; D013067:Speech Perception
vernacular_title: Résultats et indications de l'implant cochléaire dans 19 cas de surdité totale pré-linguale.