title: Long-term follow-up of implanted children with cytomegalovirus-related deafness.
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  To evaluate, with a long-term follow-up, the speech perception and language development in children with cytomegalovirus (CMV)-related deafness after cochlear implantation.
  
  
  METHODS
  A retrospective study on CMV-related profound deafness and cochlear implantation was performed from 1995 to 2010. Six children with an average follow-up of 10 years were included in this research. Medical history, imaging, cognitive delay, speech perception and production data were reviewed.
  
  
  RESULTS
  Two of the 6 patients developed a functional language with the use of phrases and word sequences based on morphological and syntactic rules; the others demonstrated the development of a preverbal or transitional language with the use of single words only.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  Patients with CMV-related deafness benefit from cochlear implantation; however, the expectations of the parents must be evaluated in a series of counseling efforts prior to the surgery.
authors.affiliation: Department of Sense Organs, Sapienza University of Rome, Rome, Italy. marikaviccaro@tiscali.it
authors.forename: Marika
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Viccaro
authors.forename: Roberto
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Filipo
authors.forename: Ersilia
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Bosco
authors.forename: Maria
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Nicastri
authors.forename: Patrizia
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Mancini
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D002648:Child; D019929:Cochlear Implantation; D003586:Cytomegalovirus Infections / Q000150:complications / Q000151:congenital*; D003638:Deafness / Q000601:surgery* / Q000821:virology*; D002658:Developmental Disabilities / Q000453:epidemiology; D005260:Female; D005500:Follow-Up Studies; D006801:Humans; D007804:Language Development; D007805:Language Development Disorders / Q000453:epidemiology; D008297:Male; D012189:Retrospective Studies; D013067:Speech Perception; D013068:Speech Production Measurement; D013069:Speech Reception Threshold Test; D016896:Treatment Outcome