Bilateral Cochlear Implantation in Children: Long-Term Outcome in the Adult Population With Special Emphasis on the Bilateral Benefit. Issue 6 (July 2021)

• Record Type: Journal Article
• Authors: Ehrmann-Müller, Desiree; Shehata-Dieler, Wafaa; Kurz, Anja; Kühn, Heike; Hagen, Rudolf; Rak, Kristen
• Is Part Of: Otology & neurotology. Volume 42:Issue 6(2021)
• Publication Date: 2021-07
• Subjects: Adults -- Audiological results -- Bilateral cochlear implantation -- Children; Otology -- Periodicals; Ear -- Diseases -- Periodicals; Skull base -- Surgery -- Periodicals; 617.8005
• DOI: 10.1097/MAO.0000000000003066
• Languages: English
• ISSNs: 1531-7129

Abstract

Abstract : Objective: To investigate the benefit of bilateral cochlear implantation in adults, who had been implanted being a child under the age of 10 years. Study Design: Retrospective data analysis. Setting: Tertiary referral center with a large cochlear implant program. Main Outcome Measures: Speech understanding in the Freiburg monosyllabic words in quiet and the HSM sentence test in quiet and in background noise. Patients: Seventy-seven bilaterally cochlear implantation implanted adults. Results: Bilateral cochlear implantation in children under the age of 10 years results in a significant benefit in speech comprehension in adulthood. In addition, a dependency regarding the time between the implantations and speech intelligibility was found. Conclusion: The results emphasize the benefit of bilateral cochlear implantation with a short interval between the operations in young children not only during formative years but also in adulthood.