title: Auditory performance and central auditory processing after cochlear implantation in patients deafened by meningitis.
abstract: The objective of this study was to describe the auditory performance of patients deafened by meningitis in closed-set, open-set and language tests (Luria's test). Ten paediatric subjects deafened by meningitis were compared with a peer group of ten paediatric congenitally deaf subjects. All the subjects had a full insertion of a Nucleus device. Three of the subjects in each group had a longer follow-up period and were selected to perform the Luria test. The closed-set tests did not show statistically significant differences between the two groups (p < 0.21) but comparative results of open-set bisyllabic tests did show statistically significant differences (p < 0.003). It was concluded that meningitis might affect the central auditory processing and acquisition process of language.
authors.affiliation: Fundacion Santa Fe. Hospital San José, Bogota, Colombia.
authors.forename: Juan Manuel
authors.initials: JM
authors.lastname: García
authors.forename: Maria Leonor
authors.initials: ML
authors.lastname: Aparicio
authors.forename: Augusto
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Peñaranda
authors.forename: Clemencia
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Barón
authors.forename: Pilar
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Cutha
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D001307:Auditory Perception; D002648:Child; D002675:Child, Preschool; D019929:Cochlear Implantation; D003638:Deafness / Q000503:physiopathology* / Q000534:rehabilitation*; D006801:Humans; D007223:Infant; D008581:Meningitis / Q000503:physiopathology* / Q000534:rehabilitation*; D013063:Speech Discrimination Tests