Three-year follow-up of children with open-set speech recognition who use the MED-EL cochlear implant system

Comparing auditory perception and speech production outcomes: Non-language specific assessment of auditory perception and speech production in children with cochlear implants

“…Many studies demonstrate the benefi t of cochlear implantation in children (for example, Anderson et al, 2004;Osberger et al, 1993;Spencer et al, 2003;Tye-Murray et al, 1995;Waltzman et al, 1997;Young et al, 2002); however, these are often limited to children from one clinic, geographical region or a specifi c language group. This is mainly the result of the availability of assessment measures.…”

The Effect of Front-End Processing on Cochlear Implant Performance of Children

“…Many pediatric cochlear implant recipients achieve ageappropriate speech and language abilities and attend mainstream academic settings (1,2). Additionally, many children with cochlear implants achieve substantial openset speech recognition capacity (1,3). However, there is a paucity of published studies describing speech recognition in noise relative to performance in quiet for children using contemporary cochlear implant technology or assessing children's performance in noise relative to that of persons with normal hearing or adult cochlear implant users.…”

Auditory neuropathy/auditory dyssynchrony in children with cochlear implants

“…Speech perception results were better the longer cochlear implants were used, even though there were no statistically significant differences in duration of cochlear implant use and open and closed set speech recognition. Other authors have also pointed out a gradual development of speech perception abilities following cochlear implants use for some time in different groups of children [25][26][27][28][29][30][31][32][33] . The mechanism by which OAE deteriorate or are lost in AN/AD patients remains unknown; no significant relationship between absence and/or possible loss of OAE and any specific changes in AN/AD were found.…”