Use of a parent-report scale to assess benefit in children given the Clarion cochlear implant.
OBJECTIVE
To assess the auditory skills in everyday situations of prelingually deafened children with Clarion cochlear implants compared with hearing aids used preoperatively.


METHODS
The Meaningful Auditory Integration Scale (MAIS) was used to determine the preoperative and postoperative auditory skills of the children.


CONCLUSIONS
After implantation, the children showed improvement in three skill areas: bonding to the device, spontaneous alerting to sound in everyday situations, and ability to derive meaning from sound in the environment.
Osberger
M J
MJ
Advanced Bionics Corporation, Sylmar, California, USA.
Geier
L
L
Zimmerman-Phillips
S
S
Barker
M J
MJ
D000293:Adolescent; D002648:Child; D002675:Child, Preschool; D019929:Cochlear Implantation; D003638:Deafness / Q000601:surgery*; D004558:Electric Stimulation / Q000295:instrumentation; D004867:Equipment Design; D006310:Hearing Aids; D006801:Humans; D010290:Parents; D013067:Speech Perception