Individualized post-operative prediction of cochlear implantation outcomes in children with prelingual deafness using functional near-infrared spectroscopy.

ABSTRACT:

Objective

The goal of this study was to develop an objective measure and predictor of cochlear implantation (CI) outcomes using functional near-infrared spectroscopy (fNIRS) for young children with prelingual deafness.

Methods

Sound-evoked hemodynamic responses were recorded from auditory and language-related cortical regions of 47 child CI recipients (35.47 ± 17.24 months of age) using fNIRS shortly after CI activation (0.26 ± 0.30 months). There were four sound conditions (natural speech, instrumental music, multi-speaker babble noise, and speech-in-noise). Post-CI auditory and verbal communication performance was evaluated using clinical questionnaires with caretakers. Both classification and individualized regression models were constructed to predict post-CI behavioral

SUBMITTER: Chen Z 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC11558700 | biostudies-literature | 2024 Dec

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature