Indications and results of cochlear implants in young children
Fugain, C.; Vandenabbelle, T.; Monneron, L.; Garabedian, E.N.; Meyer, B.; Chouard, C.H.
Annales d'Oto-Laryngologie et de Chirurgie Cervico Faciale Bulletin de la Societe d'Oto-Laryngologie des Hopitaux de Paris 109(3): 148-155
1992
ISSN/ISBN: 0003-438X PMID: 1444091 Document Number: 400328
In order to determine the criteria for patient selection and the preoperative prognostic factors for hearing recovery after cochlear implants in young totally dead children, the results of hearing rehabilitation were studied in 15 children who had undergone cochlear implantation at from 2 to 9 years of age. The choice of implant is determined by the permeability of the cochlear duct. A multi-system should be used, except when the cochlea is totally ossified. The reliability and efficacy of mono and multi system implants make it possible to offer a solution to the urgent therapeutic problems posed by total deafness in the young child.