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Author: Cowan, Robert × End date: 1999 × Start date: 1990 × Type: Journal Article × Subject: adolescents × Subject: cochlear implants ×

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    Cochlear implants for congenitally deaf adolescents: is open-set speech perception a realistic expectation?
    Sarant, J. Z. ; Cowan, R. S. C. ; Blamey, P. J. ; Galvin, K. L. ; Clark, Graeme M. ( 1994)
    The prognosis for benefit from use of cochlear implants in congenitally deaf adolescents, who have a long duration of profound deafness prior to implantation, has typically been low. Speech perception results for two congenitally deaf patients implanted as adolescents at the University of Melbourne/Royal Victorian Eye and Ear Hospital Clinic show that, after 12 months of experience, both patients had significant open-set speech discrimination scores without lipreading. These results suggest that although benefits may in general be low for congenitally deaf adolescents, individuals may attain significant benefits to speech perception after a short period of experience. Prospective patients from this group should therefore be considered on an individual basis with regard to prognosis for benefit from cochlear implantation.