Objective: To report early postimplantation speech recognition results in c
hildren who received Nucleus CI24M cochlear implants.
StudyDesign: The study group consisted of 19 consecutively implanted childr
en. Patients and Setting: Congenitally deaf children (20 months to 15 years
old) were implanted with the Nucleus CI24M and followed-up at New York Uni
versity Medical Center for a period of 3 to 12 months.
Main Outcome Measures: Speech perception was evaluated preoperatively and p
ostoperatively using the Early Speech Perception (ESP) test, the Glendonald
Auditory Screening Procedure (GASP) word and sentence tests, phonetically
Balanced Kindergarten (PBK) monosyllabic word lists, Common Phrases test, t
he Multisyllabic and Lexical Neighborhood (MLNT, LNT) tests, and the Banfor
d-Kowal-Bench (BKB) sentence test.
Results: One-way analyses of variance revealed significant improvement in o
pen-set speech recognition in children able to perform measurement tasks.
Conclusions: The Nucleus CI24M cochlear implant provides significant benefi
t to children after short-term use.