title: Multichannel cochlear implantation in postmeningitic and congenitally deaf children.
abstract: 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.
authors.affiliation: Queen's Medical Centre, Nottingham University Hospital, United Kingdom.
authors.forename: T P
authors.initials: TP
authors.lastname: Nikolopoulos
authors.forename: G M
authors.initials: GM
authors.lastname: O'Donoghue
authors.forename: K L
authors.initials: KL
authors.lastname: Robinson
authors.forename: K P
authors.initials: KP
authors.lastname: Gibbin
authors.forename: S M
authors.initials: SM
authors.lastname: Archbold
authors.forename: S M
authors.initials: SM
authors.lastname: Mason
mesh_terms: 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