Outcome of Cochlear Implantation at Different Ages from 0 to 6 Years

Abstract

All children with congenital deafness who underwent implantation before the age of 6 years appeared to benefit from the implant. However, these data add evidence to the importance of early implantation (before the age of 2 years). Intervention before the age of 4 years seemed to be critical to avoid irreversible auditory performance losses, and intervention before the age of 2 years seemed to be critical to achieve optimal results.

Speech perception outcomes after cochlear implantation in prelingually deaf infants: The Western Sicily experience

“…Specifically, with a CAP average score of 3.25 AE 1 and a median value of 3 at 12 months post implantation, our outcomes are in line with those of Govaerts et al; in fact he found also that children implanted before the age of 2 years, compared with their normal hearing peers, showed similar CAP values just at three months post implantation [7]. …”

“…Many studies have demonstrated that CI is a suitable method to manage profound SNHL in children; however, because of a high variability in speech performances among CI users, several studies were conducted to identify the main significant predictors of cochlear implantation outcomes [1,2, 5,7,8,[11][12][13]16,[26][27][28][29][30][31][32][33][34][35][36].…”

Evaluation of SON’OR<sup>©</sup>, a Medical Device for Provoked Otoacoustic Emissions and Brainstem Evoked Response Audiometry Made in Cameroon

“…The incidence of neonatal hearing loss ranges from 6 to 60 per 1000 neonates with an average of 4 per 1000 neonates [2,3]. The effects of neonatal or infant hearing loss are deleterious to the language, speech, mental and cognitive development of children with negative consequences [4]. Early detection of neonatal hearing loss and intervention whatever the kind are the key to an optimal development and social welfare of such children [5].…”

“…Early detection of neonatal hearing loss and intervention whatever the kind are the key to an optimal development and social welfare of such children [5]. Those identified and attended before the age of 6 months display significantly better language abilities than those identified later [4,6,7]. In the Western world, universal neonatal hearing screening (UNHS) programs are already implemented in most countries, using mostly otoacoustic emissions and brainstem evoked response to detect neonatal hearing impairment.…”

“…In the Western world, universal neonatal hearing screening (UNHS) programs are already implemented in most countries, using mostly otoacoustic emissions and brainstem evoked response to detect neonatal hearing impairment. This results in better management of patients since most of them can attend a mainstream kindergarten or school with good auditory performances [4].…”