Journal article
Programming characteristics of cochlear implants in children: effects of aetiology and age at implantation
PV Incerti, TYC Ching, S Hou, P Van Buynder, C Flynn, R Cowan
International Journal of Audiology | TAYLOR & FRANCIS LTD | Published : 2018
Abstract
Objective: We investigated effects of aetiology and age at implantation on changes in threshold (T) levels, comfortable (C) levels and dynamic range (DR) for cochlear implants (CIs) in children over the first five years of life. Design: Information was collected at 6 months post-activation of CIs, and at 3 and 5 years of age. Study sample: One hundred and sixty-one children participating in the Longitudinal Outcomes of Children with Hearing Impairment (LOCHI) study. Results: Children with neural and structural cochlear lesions had higher T-levels and C-levels as compared to those without these conditions. Parameter settings varied from manufacturer’s defaults more often in the former than in..
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Funding Acknowledgements
The project was supported by the Commonwealth of Australia through the Office of Hearing Services and through the HEARing CRC, established and supported under the Cooperative Research Centres Program of the Australian Government.The LOCHI study is partly supported by the National Institute on Deafness and Other Communication Disorders (Award Number R01DC008080). The content is solely the responsibility of the authors and does not necessarily represent the official views of the National Institute on Deafness and Other Communication Disorders or the National Institutes of Health.