Audiological Outcomes and Associated Factors after Pediatric Cochlear Reimplantation.

ABSTRACT: Cochlear implants are the most common and successful sensory neuroprosthetic devices. However, reimplantation can be required for medical reasons, device failure, or technological upgrading. Resolving the problem driving the intervention and offering stable or better audiological results are the main challenges. We aimed to analyze the success rate of this intervention and to identify factors influencing speech perception recovery after reimplantation in the pediatric population. We retrospectively collected the causes and the outcomes of 67 consecutive reimplantations in one cochlear implant center over 30 years. Reimplantation resolved the cause without recurrence for 94% of patients. The etiology of deafness, time since implantation, indication of reimplantation, sex, and age did not in

SUBMITTER: Blanc F 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9181352 | biostudies-literature | 2022 Jun

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature