title: Results for two children using a multiple-electrode intracochlear implant.
abstract: 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.
authors.affiliation: Department of Otolaryngology, University of Melbourne, Parkville, Victoria, Australia.
authors.forename: P A
authors.initials: PA
authors.lastname: Busby
authors.forename: Y C
authors.initials: YC
authors.lastname: Tong
authors.forename: S A
authors.initials: SA
authors.lastname: Roberts
authors.forename: P M
authors.initials: PM
authors.lastname: Altidis
authors.forename: S J
authors.initials: SJ
authors.lastname: Dettman
authors.forename: P J
authors.initials: PJ
authors.lastname: Blamey
authors.forename: G M
authors.initials: GM
authors.lastname: Clark
authors.forename: R K
authors.initials: RK
authors.lastname: Watson
authors.forename: R C
authors.initials: RC
authors.lastname: Dowell
authors.forename: F W
authors.initials: FW
authors.lastname: Rickards
mesh_terms: 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