Alzhrani F, Yousef M, Almuhawas F, Almutawa H. Auditory and speech performance in cochlear implanted ANSD children.
Acta Otolaryngol 2019;
139:279-283. [PMID:
30947614 DOI:
10.1080/00016489.2019.1571283]
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Abstract
BACKGROUND
Auditory neuropathy spectrum disorder (ANSD) is a distinct type of SNHL that is characterized by the presence of otoacoustic emissions and/or cochlear microphonics. Cochlear implantation was initially not recommended for ANSD children, later studies showed variable outcomes among those subjects.
OBJECTIVE
To assess the auditory and speech performance of cochlear implanted children with auditory neuropathy spectrum disorder (ANSD) and to compare these results to those obtained from cochlear implanted children with sensorineural hearing loss (SNHL) Material and methods: 18 cochlear implanted children with ANSD and 40 cochlear implanted children with SNHL were included in this study. Auditory and speech performance results were compared across both subject groups using the Category of Auditory Performance (CAP) and Speech Intelligibility Rate (SIR) tests, with measurements recorded one year post implantation.
RESULTS
Cochlear implanted children with ANSD showed clinically significant improvements that were comparable to those observed from cochlear implanted subjects without ANSD.
CONCLUSIONS
Children with ANSD benefit from early cochlear implantation and can reach similar auditory and speech performance results as that achieved by children without ANSD.
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