title: Parental expectations and outcomes of pediatric cochlear implantation.
abstract: BACKGROUND
  Cochlear implants have been used with increasing frequency over the past twenty years, including very young patients.
  
  
  OBJECTIVE
  To determine if parents are satisfied with their children's performance after cochlear implantation.
  
  
  METHODS
  Survey mailed to parents of children receiving cochlear implants.
  
  
  RESULTS
  31 questionnaires were returned out of 69 mailed (45 %). The vast majority of responding parents felt that their children benefited substantially from cochlear implant surgery.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  Cochlear implantation is effective in helping children develop auditory-oral communication skills. Access to auditory/oral communication programs in this state remains an obstacle in postoperative habilitation.
authors.affiliation: Department of Otolaryngology and Communicative Sciences, University of Mississippi Medical Center, Blair E Batson Hospital for Children, Jackson, MS 39216, USA.
authors.forename: Elizabeth
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Piazza
authors.forename: Cherian
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Kandathil
authors.forename: Jeffrey D
authors.initials: JD
authors.lastname: Carron
mesh_terms: D002648:Child; D019929:Cochlear Implantation / Q000191:economics; D003054:Cochlear Implants / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D003142:Communication; D006319:Hearing Loss, Sensorineural / Q000534:rehabilitation*; D006801:Humans; D008484:Medicaid; D008922:Mississippi; D017063:Outcome Assessment, Health Care; D010287:Parent-Child Relations; D010290:Parents; D010549:Personal Satisfaction; D012959:Socioeconomic Factors; D011795:Surveys and Questionnaires; D014481:United States