SPEECH-PERCEPTION PERFORMANCE OF CONGENITALLY DEAF PATIENTS WITH A COCHLEAR IMPLANT - THE EFFECT OF AGE AT IMPLANTATION

Authors
SNIK AFM VERMEULEN AM GEELEN CPL BROKX JPL VANDERBROEK P
Citation
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
Citations number
4
Categorie Soggetti
Otorhinolaryngology
Journal title
The American journal of otology → ACNP
ISSN journal
01929763
Volume
18
Issue
6
Year of publication
1997
Supplement
S
Pages
138 - 139
Database
ISI
SICI code
0192-9763(1997)18:6<138:SPOCDP>2.0.ZU;2-I
Abstract
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.