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Start date: 2000 × End date: 2009 × Author: Cowan, Robert × Author: Dowell, Richard × Subject: cochlear implants ×

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    What factors contribute to successful outcomes for children using cochlear implants
    Cowan, Robert C. ; Clark, Graeme M. ; Dowell, Richard C. ; Dettman, Shani J ; Barker, Elizabeth ; Latus, Katie ; Hollow, Rod ; Blamey, Peter J. ( 2000)
    Long term speech perception data has been collected for 100 children using the Nucleus multichannel cochlear prosthesis in Melbourne. Scores on a number of different assessments are available at approximately six month intervals following implantation for these children. The group represents an unselected sample of cochlear implant users, as all children were included if they had sufficient developmental skills to perform formal speech perception tests. Information was also collected on each child regarding type of hearing loss, age of onset of profound hearing loss, duration of profound hearing loss, age at implantation, pre and post-implant communication mode, developmental delay, speech processing strategy and length of experience with implant use.
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    Hearing levels and speech perception prior to cochlear implantation - are they predictive of outcomes for adult implant users?
    Dowell, Richard C. ; Winton, Elizabeth ; Ling, Caroline ; Hollow, Rod ; COWAN, ROBERT ; Clark, Graeme M. ( 2000)
    As the speech perception results obtained for adults using multichannel cochlear implants have improved, people with a wider range of hearing losses are now considering implantation. In the mid-1980s, most adults undergoing cochlear implantation had little or no residual hearing. This made selection and counselling relatively straightforward as any level of hearing obtained through use of the cochlear implant could be considered as a benefit in such cases. Most patients evaluated for implantation today have some degree of useful residual hearing, and may be reliant on this hearing to varying degrees in their everyday life. In essence, they have something to lose if their postoperative performance is poor. In counselling these patients, it would be most helpful to have reliable predictors of postoperative performance. A number of factors such as duration of profound hearing loss, congenital profound hearing loss, and certain aetiologies (eg, head injury) have shown significant links with outcomes in previous studies.
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    How much residual hearing is too much?
    Cowan, R. S. C. ; Dowell, R. C. ; Psarros, C. ; Dettman, S. J. ; Rance, G. ; Clark, Graeme M. ( 2000)
    The value of cochlear implants as an established clinical option for profoundly hearing-impaired adults and children has been supported by significant research results over a number of years (U.S. National Institutes of Health Consensus Statement 1995). As a direct consequence of the level of benefits shown for cochlear implant users on measures of speech perception, research has focused on investigating whether severely hearing impaired adults and children would be suitable candidates for cochlear implantation. I n considering the candidature of any individual, both medical and audiological suitability are investigated. The primary concern is to establish to what degree the patient would benefit from use of the cochlear implant.