title: Cochlear implants in forty-eight children with cochlear and/or vestibular abnormality.
abstract: CT and MRI scans for 48 children with cochlear and/or vestibular abnormality were classified in decreasing severity; common cavity, Mondini plus enlarged vestibular aqueduct, Mondini dysplasia alone and enlarged vestibular aqueduct alone. No significant relationship between degree of cochlea abnormality and surgical issues (cerebrospinal fluid gusher, depth of insertion, number of electrodes) or speech perception/language outcomes was found. A significant relationship was observed between cerebrospinal fluid gusher and partial electrode insertion, fewer active electrodes and poorer sentence understanding. Optimum language outcomes were associated with younger age at implant.
authors.affiliation: Department of Otolaryngology, University of Melbourne, Parkville, Vic., Australia. dettmans@unimelb.edu.au
authors.forename: Shani
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Dettman
authors.forename: Ana
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Sadeghi-Barzalighi
authors.forename: Ranjeeta
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Ambett
authors.forename: Richard
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Dowell
authors.forename: Matthew
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Trotter
authors.forename: Robert
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Briggs
mesh_terms: D002648:Child; D003051:Cochlea / Q000002:abnormalities* / Q000601:surgery; D019929:Cochlear Implantation; D003054:Cochlear Implants; D005260:Female; D006319:Hearing Loss, Sensorineural / Q000601:surgery*; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D013067:Speech Perception; D016896:Treatment Outcome; D014723:Vestibular Aqueduct / Q000002:abnormalities* / Q000601:surgery