Afm. Snik et al., SPEECH-PERCEPTION PERFORMANCE OF CONGENITALLY DEAF PATIENTS WITH A COCHLEAR IMPLANT - THE EFFECT OF AGE AT IMPLANTATION, The American journal of otology, 18(6), 1997, pp. 138-139
The relation between age at cochlear implantation and long-term open-s
et speech recognition was studied in a group of nine congenitally deaf
children. The age at cochlear implant surgery ranged from 4 to 13 yea
rs. The results showed that there was a tendency toward poorer results
in the children implanted at a relatively older age. However, the res
ults also indicated that an upper limit for age at implanation cannot
yet be defined in these children.