Rates of long-term cochlear implant use in children.

ABSTRACT:

Objective

To determine the rate of long-term cochlear implant (CI) use in children.

Study design

Consecutive case series.

Setting

Tertiary referral center.

Patients

Approximately 474 patients younger than 18 years who received a first CI from 1999 to 2011.

Interventions

Cochlear implantation.

Main outcome measure(s)

Regular CI use, defined as using the CI for 8 hours or greater per day.

Results

We successfully contacted and obtained follow-up data on 402 patients (85%) via email, telephone, and postal survey. The rate of regular CI use was 93.2% (95% CI, 90.0-95.4) at 5 years postimplantation and 87.7% (95% CI, 82.9-91.3) at 10 years postimplantation. The mean number of hours of use per day was 12.0 hours (SD, 4.1 h). Cox proportional hazar

SUBMITTER: Contrera KJ 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC3927162 | biostudies-literature | 2014 Mar

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature