title: Speech recognition performance of pediatric Clarion patients.
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  To evaluate the speech performance of children with the Clarion Multi-Strategy Cochlear Implant.
  
  
  METHODS
  Prelingually deafened children who had received the Clarion implant.
  
  
  METHODS
  The Spondee and Monosyllable Word Identification subtest of the Early Speech Perception test, the Glendonald Auditory Screening Procedure (GASP), and the Phonetically Balanced Kindergarten test (PB-K) were administered to subjects 3 and 6 months after implantation.
  
  
  RESULTS
  At 3 months, subjects' performance was higher than preoperatively with hearing aids. At 6 months, performance improved further. Scores were higher on the ESP and GASP than on the PB-K. The scores indicate better levels of speech recognition than were obtained with older implant processing strategies. Subjects varied considerably in their performance. The results are preliminary because of the small sample.
authors.affiliation: Advanced Bionics Corporation, Sylmar, California, USA.
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Zimmerman-Phillips
authors.forename: M J
authors.initials: MJ
authors.lastname: Osberger
authors.forename: L
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Geier
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Barker
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D002648:Child; D002675:Child, Preschool; D019929:Cochlear Implantation; D003638:Deafness / Q000601:surgery*; D004558:Electric Stimulation / Q000295:instrumentation; D004867:Equipment Design; D006801:Humans; D012189:Retrospective Studies; D013067:Speech Perception