title: [Considerations on the rehabilitation of the hearing in cochlear implant patients].
abstract: In this study, the Cochlear Implant Programme of the ENT Department of Ospedale Civile di Venezia, is presented. Between 1989 and 1994, after a rigorous selection process, 36 patients were selected to be implanted with a cochlear prostheses: 28 with the multichannel Nucleus 22 device, 5 with the Clarion implant and 3 with the single channel Med-E1 BTE device. The distribution of the patients according to age, etiology, duration of auditory deprivation, age at onset of deafness, is presented. The different speech-coding strategies of the Nucleus system (Wearable Speech Processing, Multipeak speech processing and Spectral Maximum Sound processor) and the stimulation mode (common ground, bipolar, bipolar + 1) as well as the Clarion speech coding strategy (Continuous Interleaved Samples and Compressed Analog) are briefly discussed. The rehabilitation programme, the specific speech recognition assessment test batteries-Consonant Confusion Test, Vocal Confusion Test, Speech Tracking, MAC battery-as they are employed in our department, are presented. As we have analyzed our results, certain factors appear as predicting a favourable outcome: - age of onset of deafness; postlingual patients, who have developed communication skills compare favourably to the perilingual group. - durations of auditory deprivation, as it is related to surviving cells in the cochlea: the shorter the period of deafness, the better the results. - length of electrode insertion, as it is determined by ossification of the cochlea. - high dynamic range of the MAP. - percent of activated electrodes: a number of 10 active electrodes or less predicts a poor outcome. - for simplification reasons, a new variable is introduced-Auditory Deprivation Index- and its positive correlation to the performance presented. - the time period of experience with the device, length and quality of rehabilitation and family support have to be mentioned.
authors.affiliation: Divisione di ORL e Centro Regionale Specializzato di Audiologia, Ospedale Civile, Venezia.
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Amadori
authors.forename: N
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Pantano
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Cestaro
authors.forename: G
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Babighian
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D017668:Age of Onset; D000368:Aged; D002648:Child; D002675:Child, Preschool; D003054:Cochlear Implants; D003638:Deafness / Q000534:rehabilitation*; D006801:Humans; D007231:Infant, Newborn; D008875:Middle Aged; D013067:Speech Perception
vernacular_title: Considerazioni sulla riabilitazione della funzione uditiva nei pazienti con impianto cocleare.