[The clinic application of multichannel cochlear implant with eleven cases reported].
OBJECTIVE
To review the effects of profound sensorineural deaf patients who were implanted multichannel cochlear.


METHODS
Eleven profound deaf patients (6 prelingually deaf and 5 postlingually deaf) were implanted with twenty-two (model Minisystem 22) and twenty-four (model Nucleus 24) channel cochlear. Mapping of cochlear speech processor was done in 1 to 1.5 months after operation.


RESULTS
All of 11 patients obtained the hearing. The patients with postlingually deaf can dialog and communicate with telephone after a simple language training without lip reading training. These patients achieved the best results, they not only stepped in sound world but also obtained a normal living and work. In the prelingually deaf patients, they got hold of incoordinate progress in speech ability after assess and speech training.


CONCLUSIONS
The multichannel cochlear implant had good effects in profound deaf patients, especial in postlingually deaf patients and younger children.
Huang
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Department of Otolaryngology, Zhujiang Hospital, First Military Medical University, Guangzhou 510282.
Guo
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D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D002648:Child; D002675:Child, Preschool; D019929:Cochlear Implantation / Q000379:methods*; D003054:Cochlear Implants; D005260:Female; D006319:Hearing Loss, Sensorineural / Q000601:surgery*; D006801:Humans; D007808:Language Therapy; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged