Benefit of sequential bilateral cochlear implantation in children between 5 to 18 years old: A prospective cohort study.

ABSTRACT:

Objective

To determine the benefit of sequential cochlear implantation after a long inter-implantation interval in children with bilateral deafness receiving their second implant between 5 and 18 years of age.

Study design

Prospective cohort-study.

Setting

Tertiary multicenter.

Patients

85 children with bilateral deafness and unilateral implantation receiving a contralateral cochlear implant at the age of 5 to 18 years.

Method

The primary outcomes were speech recognition in quiet and noise (CVC) scores. The secondary outcomes were language outcomes and subjective hearing abilities, all measured before and 12 months after sequential bilateral cochlear implantation. Medians of the paired data were compared using the Wilcoxon signed-rank test. Univariable l

SUBMITTER: Kleijbergen WJ 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9333257 | biostudies-literature | 2022

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature