American Cochlear Implant Alliance Task Force Guidelines for Determining Cochlear Implant Candidacy in Children.

ABSTRACT: This article summarizes the available evidence on pediatric cochlear implantation to provide current guidelines for clinical protocols and candidacy recommendations in the United States. Candidacy determination involves specification of audiologic and medical criteria per guidelines of the Food and Drug Administration. However, recommendations for a cochlear implant evaluation also should maintain flexibility and consider a child's skill progression (i.e., month-for-month progress in speech, language, and auditory development) and quality of life with appropriately fit hearing aids. Moreover, evidence supports medical and clinical decisions based on other factors, including (a) ear-specific performance, which affords inclusion of children with asymmetric hearing loss and single-sided deafn

SUBMITTER: Warner-Czyz AD 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8862774 | biostudies-literature | 2022 Mar/Apr

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature