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Use of a multichannel cochlear implant in the congenitally and prelingually deaf population
Author(s) -
Waltzman Susan B.,
Cohen Noel L.,
Shapiro William H.
Publication year - 1992
Publication title -
the laryngoscope
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.181
H-Index - 148
eISSN - 1531-4995
pISSN - 0023-852X
DOI - 10.1288/00005537-199204000-00005
Subject(s) - audiology , cochlear implant , speech perception , perception , rehabilitation , implant , cochlear implantation , psychology , set (abstract data type) , population , medicine , computer science , physical therapy , surgery , environmental health , neuroscience , programming language
Fourteen children and three adults, each congenitally and prelinguistically deaf, received the Nucleus® multichannel implant. All underwent extensive evaluations and rehabilitation. The surgery was uneventful, and no patients have been lost to follow‐up. Results have shown a significant increase in auditory and speech reception and perception skills in all children. Some children have open‐set speech recognition using the prosthesis alone. The adults have shown an increased awareness of sound along with minimal improvement in perceptual skills. This supports the concept that early implantation of congenitally and prelinguistically deaf individuals results in improved performance.