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Choice of cochlear implant side in a paediatric population

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  03 June 2014

Ö Sürmelioğlu ,
F Çetik ,
Ö Tarkan ,
S Özdemir ,
Ü Tuncer ,
M Kiroğlu  and
R Şahin
Ö Sürmelioğlu*
Affiliation:
Department of Otorhinolaryngology, Faculty of Medicine, Çukurova University, Adana, Turkey
F Çetik
Affiliation:
Department of Otorhinolaryngology, Faculty of Medicine, Çukurova University, Adana, Turkey
Ö Tarkan
Affiliation:
Department of Otorhinolaryngology, Faculty of Medicine, Çukurova University, Adana, Turkey
S Özdemir
Affiliation:
Department of Otorhinolaryngology, Faculty of Medicine, Çukurova University, Adana, Turkey
Ü Tuncer
Affiliation:
Department of Otorhinolaryngology, Faculty of Medicine, Çukurova University, Adana, Turkey
M Kiroğlu
Affiliation:
Department of Otorhinolaryngology, Faculty of Medicine, Çukurova University, Adana, Turkey
R Şahin
Affiliation:
Department of Otorhinolaryngology, Faculty of Medicine, Çukurova University, Adana, Turkey
*
Address for correspondence: Dr Ö Sürmelioğlu, Department of Otorhinolaryngology, Faculty of Medicine, Çukurova University, Adana 01330, Turkey E-mail: surmeli2004@yahoo.com
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Abstract

Objective:

To compare the effect of right- or left-sided cochlear implantation on listening skills in a paediatric population.

Methods:

A retrospective analysis was conducted on the listening skills performance data of children who were operated on and followed up at the Çukurova University Department of Otorhinolaryngology between 2007 and 2011. Sixty-three patients were included in the study. Patients were evaluated using the Listening Progress Profile, the Meaningful Auditory Integration Scale and the littlEARS test.

Results:

The mean age of the children was two years (range of one to five years). Twenty-nine patients were male and 34 were female. Twenty-eight patients were implanted in the right ear and 35 in the left ear. There were no statistically significant differences between right and left ear implantees in terms of listening skills performance.

Conclusion:

This study indicates that the choice of cochlear implant side is not crucial for the development of listening skills.

Keywords

Cochlear ImplantationDeafnessAuditory Localization
Type
Main Articles
Information
The Journal of Laryngology & Otology , Volume 128 , Issue 6 , June 2014 , pp. 504 - 507
Copyright
Copyright © JLO (1984) Limited 2014 

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Footnotes

Presented as a poster at the 11th European Symposium on Pediatric Cochlear Implantation, 23–26 May 2013, Istanbul, Turkey.

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