Hearing benefits of second-side cochlear implantation in two groups of children

Scherf, Fanny; Deun, Lieselot Van; Wieringen, Astrid Van; Wouters, Jan; Desloovere, Christian; Dhooge, Ingeborg; Offeciers, Erwin; Deggouj, Naïma; Raeve, Leo De; Bodt, Marc De; Heyning, Paul Van de

doi:10.1016/j.ijporl.2007.08.012

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“…The children that did not make the switch were mostly children with language problems and, for that reason, could not cope in mainstream schools and were referred to specialized rehabilitation centers where they received hearing rehabilitation and scholar education. As could be expected, most of these children were also the poorer performers on the speech recognition tests [14] . These conclusions were also drawn by Tobey et al [7] , who stated that higher speech intelligibility scores were associated with educational settings that emphasize oral communication development and where the CI children are in contact with their normal-hearing peers.…”

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Subjective Benefits of Sequential Bilateral Cochlear Implantation in Young Children after 18 Months of Implant Use

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Deun²,

Wieringen³

et al. 2009

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Objective: To investigate the subjective benefits of bilateral cochlear implantation in 33 young children after 18 months of second implant use. Method: The Würzburg questionnaire inquiring into a range of hearing functions was filled out by the parents. Additional data concerning the daily life and well-being of the children were gathered with an open-ended questionnaire and the Categories of Auditory Performance. Results were analyzed separately for children younger and older than 6 years at the time of the second implantation. Results: After 18 months of bilateral implant use 30% of the younger and 6% of the older children made the transition to an auditory-oral communication. In this period, 15% of all children switched to mainstream schools. The parents reported an evolution of their children’s auditory abilities, which included a better sound and speech perception. Multiregression analysis revealed that early hearing aid fitting and the age at the second cochlear implantation significantly contributed to the variance of the Würzburg results. Conclusions: The results indicate a wide range of positive subjective changes associated with bilateral cochlear implantation, even in older children. This progress led to a better and easier communication and a better integration in the normal-hearing world.

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“…Several studies have clearly demonstrated these additional (binaural) benefits of the 2nd CI [13][14][15][16] ; however, changes in the quality of life in these bilaterally implanted children have not been assessed thoroughly.…”

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Subjective Benefits of Sequential Bilateral Cochlear Implantation in Young Children after 18 Months of Implant Use

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Wieringen³

et al. 2009

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“…The speech perception abilities of children with bilateral cochlear implants have been explored using both standardized measures and a variety of study-specific measures in quiet conditions and in various noise conditions (for example, Galvin et al, 2007a, b;Scherf et al, 2007;van Deun et al, 2010). A review of the research found that 11/13 of the studies reported significant improvement in children's speech perception in noise abilities (Johnston et al, 2009).…”

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“…Two studies that did not find improvements in speech perception in noise included children who had a long time period between their first and second cochlear implants. There have also been reports of improved speech perception performance in quiet conditions with bilateral implants (Scherf et al, 2007;Zeitler et al, 2008).…”

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Cochlear Implants in Children: A Review

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2012

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“…The benefits of bilateral implantation in children are well documented in terms of improved localization [46][47][48] and enhanced speech recognition in quiet [49,50] and in noise [46,51,52] when compared to listening with a unilateral CI. Also recently confirmed, children with bilateral CIs have significantly better language outcomes compared to children with unilateral CIs [45,53].…”

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Predictors of pediatric cochlear implantation outcomes in South Africa

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Vinck

Butler

et al. 2016

International Journal of Pediatric Otorhinolaryngology

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Objective: To identify and describe predictors of pediatric cochlear implantation outcomes in a South African population. Methods:A retrospective study of 301 pediatric CI recipients from five cochlear implant programs was conducted and cross-sectional outcome data were added at the time of data collection. Twenty potential prognostic factors were identified from the retrospective dataset, including biographical, cochlear implant (CI), family and risk factors. Multiple regression analyses was performed to identify predictor variables that influence outcomes in terms of auditory performance (CAP scores), speech production (SIR scores), communication mode and educational placement.Results: Although implanted children within this sample did not have equal opportunity to access a second implant, bilateral implantation was strongly predictive of better auditory performance and speech production scores, an oral mode of communication and mainstream education. NICU admittance/ prematurity were associated with poorer auditory performance and speech production scores, together with a higher probability for non-oral communication and non-mainstream education. The presence of one or more additional developmental 2 condition was predictive of poorer outcomes in terms of speech production and educational placement, while a delay between diagnosis and implantation of more than one year was also related to non-mainstream education. Ethnicities other than Caucasian were predictive of poorer auditory performance scores and a lower probability for mainstream education.Conclusion: An extensive range of prognostic indicators were identified for pediatric CI outcomes in South Africa. These predictive factors of better and poorer outcomes should guide pediatric CI services to promote optimal outcomes and assist professionals in providing evidence-based informational counselling.

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Hearing benefits of second-side cochlear implantation in two groups of children

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Subjective Benefits of Sequential Bilateral Cochlear Implantation in Young Children after 18 Months of Implant Use

Subjective Benefits of Sequential Bilateral Cochlear Implantation in Young Children after 18 Months of Implant Use

Cochlear Implants in Children: A Review

Predictors of pediatric cochlear implantation outcomes in South Africa

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