Results for two children using a multiple-electrode intracochlear implant.
Assessments in speech perception, speech production, and language skills were conducted on two children, 5 and 10 years old at the time of surgery, using the Nucleus multiple-electrode cochlear implant. Data were collected pre- and post-operatively to measure changes in performance over time. For closed-set speech perception tests in the audition alone condition, post-operative performance was generally better than pre-operative performance and performance improved post-operatively for both patients. In closed-set vowel and consonant identification and open-set sentence perception for the older patient, post-operative improvements from the vision alone to the auditory-visual condition were recorded and performance improved post-operatively in both conditions. In all measures of speech production for both patients, post-operative scores were higher than pre-operative scores and performance improved post-operatively. In language skills, post-operative scores were higher than pre-operative scores and scores improved post-operatively in all measures for both patients.
Busby
P A
PA
Department of Otolaryngology, University of Melbourne, Parkville, Victoria, Australia.
Tong
Y C
YC
Roberts
S A
SA
Altidis
P M
PM
Dettman
S J
SJ
Blamey
P J
PJ
Clark
G M
GM
Watson
R K
RK
Dowell
R C
RC
Rickards
F W
FW
D002648:Child; D002675:Child, Preschool; D003054:Cochlear Implants; D006319:Hearing Loss, Sensorineural / Q000503:physiopathology / Q000601:surgery*; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D013060:Speech; D013063:Speech Discrimination Tests; D013067:Speech Perception; D013068:Speech Production Measurement