title: Comparative study of English- and German-speaking children with the Clarion cochlear implant.
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  To compare the performance of English-speaking and German-speaking children with Clarion cochlear implants on the Meaningful Auditory Integration Scale (MAIS).
  
  
  METHODS
  Prelingually deafened German-speaking children and English-speaking children with Clarion cochlear implants were assessed on the MAIS pre- and postoperatively. Data were analyzed in terms of the absolute score, preoperatively and at two postoperative intervals, and the improvement score.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  Preoperatively, the MAIS scores of German-speaking children were slightly lower than those of English-speaking children. Postoperatively, this difference became more pronounced. Substantial deviation within each group of subjects was suggested by the size of the standard deviations.
authors.affiliation: Advanced Bionics Corporation, Sylmar, California, USA.
authors.forename: M J
authors.initials: MJ
authors.lastname: Osberger
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Soli
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: von der Haar-Heise
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D002648:Child; D002675:Child, Preschool; D019929:Cochlear Implantation; D003142:Communication; D003638:Deafness / Q000601:surgery*; D004558:Electric Stimulation / Q000295:instrumentation; D004867:Equipment Design; D006801:Humans; D011182:Postoperative Care; D011300:Preoperative Care