Multichannel cochlear implantation in postmeningitic and congenitally deaf children.
OBJECTIVE
To test the view that prelinguistic postmeningitic deaf (PMD) children outperform congenitally deaf children (CD) in the first year following cochlear implantation.


METHODS
We evaluated 85 children with ages (at implantation) ranging from 1.9 years to 13.5 years (mean age 5.4 years). The Listening Progress scale was used to assess the developing use of audition 3, 6, and 12 months after implantation.


RESULTS
In contrast to previous reports, the PMD children achieved statistically significantly lower scores than CD children.
Nikolopoulos
T P
TP
Queen's Medical Centre, Nottingham University Hospital, United Kingdom.
O'Donoghue
G M
GM
Robinson
K L
KL
Gibbin
K P
KP
Archbold
S M
SM
Mason
S M
SM
D002648:Child; D002675:Child, Preschool; D019929:Cochlear Implantation; D003638:Deafness / Q000209:etiology* / Q000601:surgery*; D004558:Electric Stimulation / Q000295:instrumentation; D004867:Equipment Design; D006801:Humans; D007223:Infant; D008581:Meningitis / Q000150:complications*; D012720:Severity of Illness Index