TY  - GEN
AU  - Sarant, J. Z.
AU  - Clark, Graeme M.
AU  - Cowan, Robert S. C.
AU  - Dowell, R. C.
AU  - Pyman, B. C.
AU  - Dettman, S. J.
AU  - Dawson, P. W.
AU  - Rance, G.
Y2  - 2014/05/21
Y1  - 1992
UR  - http://hdl.handle.net/11343/26869
AB  - The Cochlear 22-electrode cochlear prosthesis was first implanted in a child at the Cochlear Implant Clinic at the University of. Melbourne and Royal Victorian Eye & Ear Hospital in 1985. Since that time 42 children have received the device in Melbourne. Analysis of patient details shows that the majority of these children have a congenital as opposed to on acquired aetiology of hearing loss. In all but 3 cases, the children use 15 or more electrodes. In order to assist with evaluation of, benefits to speech perception across the very heterogeneous group of children, a six level hierarchical classification scheme for speech perception performance levels was created. All of the children achieved a minimum of Category 2 (discrimination of suprasegmental information). In total, 59 % of the children achieved Category 5 or 6 (open set recognition for unfamiliar materials). Analysis showed that the majority of these children had more than one year of experience. In contrast, the majority of children in Category 2 are those with less than one year of experience with the device.
KW  - otolaryngology
KW  - cochlear implant
KW  - speech processing
T1  - Preliminary speech perception results for children with the 22-electrode Melbourne / cochlear hearing prosthesis
IS  - International Symposium - Cochlear Implants - New Perspectives
VL  - 74
SP  - 87
L1  - /bitstream/handle/11343/26869/118765_vol6_475.pdf?sequence=1&isAllowed=y
ER  -