USE OF A PARENT-REPORT SCALE TO ASSESS BENEFIT IN CHILDREN GIVEN THE CLARION COCHLEAR IMPLANT

Objective: To assess the auditory skills in everyday situations of pre lingually deafened children with Clarion cochlear im-plants compared w ith hearing aids used preoperatively. Study Design: The Meaningful Aud itory Integration Scale (MAIS) was used to determine the preoperative and postoperative auditory skills of the children. Results and Discuss ion: After implantation, the children showed improvement in three skil l areas: bonding to the device, spontaneous alerting to sound in every day situations, and ability to derive meaning from sound in the enviro nment.