OBJECTIVE: To assess the auditory skills in everyday situations of prelingually deafened children with Clarion cochlear implants compared with hearing aids used preoperatively. STUDY DESIGN: The Meaningful Auditory Integration Scale (MAIS) was used to determine the preoperative and postoperative auditory skills of the children. RESULTS AND DISCUSSION: After implantation, the children showed improvement in three skill areas: bonding to the device, spontaneous alerting to sound in everyday situations, and ability to derive meaning from sound in the environment.
OBJECTIVE: To assess the auditory skills in everyday situations of prelingually deafened children with Clarion cochlear implants compared with hearing aids used preoperatively. STUDY DESIGN: The Meaningful Auditory Integration Scale (MAIS) was used to determine the preoperative and postoperative auditory skills of the children. RESULTS AND DISCUSSION: After implantation, the children showed improvement in three skill areas: bonding to the device, spontaneous alerting to sound in everyday situations, and ability to derive meaning from sound in the environment.
Authors: Nithya Venkataramani; R Anbuchezhian; S Sudha Maheswari; Senthil Vadivu Arumugam; S Raghu Nandhan; Mohan Kameswaran Journal: Indian J Otolaryngol Head Neck Surg Date: 2020-07-13