title: Selection criteria for cochlear implants in children.
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  To determine the selection criteria for cochlear implantation in children.
  
  
  METHODS
  Hospital pediatric implant center.
  
  
  METHODS
  Selection of patients depends on medical evaluation, audiometric data, speech discrimination, communication skills, cognitive skills, and psychosocial factors. Patient selection is based on tonal audiometry, computed tomography, magnetic resonance imaging, and electrophysiologic tests. Side of implantation is chosen according to cochlear structure, duration of deafness, and dominant handedness.
  
  
  RESULTS
  Ninety-eight cochlear implantations with the Nucleus multichannel implant have been performed at this center since 1990.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  The selection of children for cochlear implantation require close collaboration between the pediatric surgical team, the educational team, and the family.
authors.affiliation: ENT Department, Hôpital Purpan, Hôpitaux Universitaires de Toulouse, France.
authors.forename: O
authors.initials: O
authors.lastname: Deguine
authors.forename: B
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Fraysse
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Uziel
authors.forename: N
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Cochard
authors.forename: X
authors.initials: X
authors.lastname: Cormary
mesh_terms: D001309:Auditory Threshold; D002648:Child; D002675:Child, Preschool; D019929:Cochlear Implantation; D003638:Deafness / Q000601:surgery*; D006801:Humans; D018579:Patient Selection; D013067:Speech Perception