Cochlear Implantation of Danish Prelingually Deaf Children

• Published in: Acta oto-laryngologica Vol. 120; no. 543; pp. 92 - 94
• Main Author: Tos, J. Hedegaard Jensen, G. Salomon, M. H. Jønsson, I. Post, J. C. Thomsen, M.
• Format: Journal Article Conference Proceeding
• Language: English
• Published: Basingstoke Informa UK Ltd 2000; Taylor & Francis; Taylor and Francis
• Subjects: Biological and medical sciences; Child; Child, Preschool; Cochlear Implantation - statistics & numerical data; Deafness - epidemiology; Deafness - etiology; Deafness - surgery; Denmark - epidemiology; Ear, auditive nerve, cochleovestibular tract, facial nerve: diseases, semeiology; Female; Head and neck surgery. Maxillofacial surgery. Dental surgery. Orthodontics; Humans; Infant; Language Development; Male; Medical sciences; Meningitis, Pneumococcal - complications; Non tumoral diseases; Otorhinolaryngology. Stomatology; Surgery (general aspects). Transplantations, organ and tissue grafts. Graft diseases; Surgery of the ear, the auditive nerve and the facial nerve; Denmark; Europe; Human; Preschool age; Prognosis; Prelanguage; Internal ear disease; Auditory disorder; Result; School age; Treatment; Surgical implantation; Surgery; Cochlea; ENT disease; Perception hearing loss; Child; Sensory hearing loss; Comparative study
• ISSN: 0001-6489; 0365-5237; 1651-2251; 1651-2464
• DOI: 10.1080/000164800454080

The aim of the study was to review the indications, techniques and results of cochlear implant (CI) treatment with the Nucleus CI multi-channel electrode for the first children operated on in Denmark. The study material comprised 16 children (5 girls, 11 boys). Their median age at the time of CI operation was 27 months. Anacusis was caused by pneumococcal meningitis in 31% of the children in this relatively young prelingual material. Obliteration of the cochlea was found in two children, indicating the need for surgery as soon as possible after the verification of post-meningitis, total deafness. There were no technical difficulties with operating on the youngest children in the congenital group and the age of 2 years is optimal for implantation. These preliminary results have contributed definitively to an increase in the number of cochlear implantations being carried out in young prelingually deaf Danish children.