Pragya Tyagi, Divya Chauhan, Anup Singh, Mayank Bhutada, Kapil Sikka, Tanvi Chaudhary, Sonam Sharma, Shivani Agarwal, Hitesh Verma, Prem Sagar, Rakesh Kumar, Alok Thakar
BACKGROUND AND OBJECTIVES: : Cochlear implantation in late implanted prelinguals necessitates a complex decision-making process for clinicians and patients due to the uncertainty of achieving adequate benefit in auditory and speech perception. This study longitudinally evaluated clinical and social outcomes of prelingually deaf children with implantation in their late childhood. SUBJECTS AND METHODS: : A total of 113 (49 females and 64 males) participants, with an age range of 5-15 years, were assessed for the pre-implant parameters such as hearing loss etiology, aided responses, anatomical aspects, and psychological evaluation...
February 16, 2023: Journal of Audiology & Otology