Cochlear implantation in infants below 12 months of age

World Journal of Otorhinolaryngology - Head and Neck Surgery
Richard T MiyamotoDavid B Pisoni

Abstract

To provide safety and efficacy data on infants implanted below 12 months of age. With the wide application of newborn hearing screening programs, infants with deafness are being identified at birth. When a hearing aid trial fails, cochlear implantation is the only option to restore hearing. Mounting evidence suggests that age at implantation is a strong predictor of language outcomes. Using the minimally invasive surgical technique we have employed for nearly two decades, a limited clinical trial was initiated in the year 2000 because this age limitation fell outside of FDA guidelines. The infants were initially assessed using the preferential listening paradigm to confirm that they could learn associations between speech sounds and objects. Sufficient time was allowed to pass to administer more traditional language measures. No surgical or anesthetic complications occurred in this group of infants. The pattern of listening skill development mirrored that seen in normal hearing infants. Long-term language assessments using the Peabody Picture Vocabulary Test (PPVT) and other measures have demonstrated that many of infants achieved age appropriate language skills. Cochlear implantation in children less than 12 months of age is s...Continue Reading

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Feb 23, 2020·Otology & Neurotology : Official Publication of the American Otological Society, American Neurotology Society [and] European Academy of Otology and Neurotology·Fida Abdulaziz AlmuhawasAbdulrahman Al Sanosi
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