SPEECH RECOGNITION PERFORMANCE OF PEDIATRIC CLARION PATIENTS

Objective: To evaluate the speech performance of children with the Cla rion Multi-Strategy Cochlear Implant. Patients: Prelingually deafened children who had received the Clarion implant.Methods: The Spondee and Monosyllable Word Identification subtest of the Early Speech Percepti on test, the Glendonald Auditory Screening Procedure (GASP), and the P honetically Balanced Kindergarten test (PB-K) were administered to sub jects 3 and 6 months after implantation. Results: At 3 months, subject s' performance was higher than preoperatively with hearing aids. At 6 months, performance improved further. Scores were higher on the ESP an d GASP than on the PB-K. The scores indicate better levels of speech r ecognition than were obtained with older implant processing strategies . Subjects varied considerably in their performance. The results are p reliminary because of the small sample.