Is age at cochlear implantation in children important? A 2-deoxyglucose study in cats [Abstracts]

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    Seldon, Lee; Kawano, Atsushi; Clark, Graeme M.
    Date
    1996
    Source Title
    Abstracts of the First Asia Pacific Symposium on Cochlear Implant and Related Sciences (Kyoto, Japan, 3-5 April 1996)
    University of Melbourne Author/s
    Clark, Graeme
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    Seldon, L., Kawano, A., & Clark, G. M. (1996). Is age at cochlear implantation in children important? A 2-deoxyglucose study in cats [Abstracts]. In Abstracts of the First Asia Pacific Symposium on Cochlear Implant and Related Sciences (Kyoto, Japan, 3-5 April 1996), Kyoto, Japan.
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    http://hdl.handle.net/11343/26956
    Abstract
    Cochlear implants are one treatment for children who are born deaf or become deaf before acquiring language. The question of optimum age for implantation arises. Is it better to implant a child as early as possible, or is it sufficient to do the implantation during the pre-school years? Using an animal model, we have studied the response of the auditory brainstem to implantation at various ages. Although the auditory brainstem of hearing cats matures within the first month of life, a study by Snyder et al. (1990) implied that in neonatally deafened cats the capability for "maturation" or plasticity extended at least up to 120 days.
    Keywords
    cochlear implants; otolaryngology; otology

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