Auditory and language development in children with bilateral cochlear implants - a multicentric, retrospective longitudinal analysis
- Conditions
- Z96.2Presence of otological and audiological implants
- Registration Number
- DRKS00024610
- Lead Sponsor
- HNO-Universitätsklinikum Freiburg
- Brief Summary
Not available
- Detailed Description
Not available
Recruitment & Eligibility
- Status
- Complete
- Sex
- All
- Target Recruitment
- 833
children with congenital bilateral deafness (or near-to-deaf hearing impairment),
- no progressive course of hearing impairment,
- age at treatment with CI = 48 months (or at the time of 1st adjustment CA = 48 months),
- at time of test, fitted with bilateral CI,
- all children with CI are registered at an ACIR center and participate in a rehabilitation program
- Interval between the two CI implantations = 12 months
- clinically unremarkable nonverbal development
- adequate communication ability (in German), to perform speech testing
-progressive course of hearing impairment
-cognitive impairments
-children with multiple disabilities
-Interval of CI fitting greater than 12 months with bilateral fitting
-insufficient knowledge of German
Study & Design
- Study Type
- observational
- Study Design
- Not specified
- Primary Outcome Measures
Name Time Method The questions to be examined:<br>Do children who are fitted with a cochlear implant (CI) deviate from the normalization of hearing-healthy children in their hearing and speech development profile, even if they are fitted with a CI as early as possible.<br><br>Children who have been fitted with a CI approach the hearing and speech development profile of hearing-healthy children over the course of their development.<br><br>The earlier (age) the hearing-impaired children are fitted with a CI, the more the hearing and speech development profile resembles that of hearing-healthy children.<br><br><br>
- Secondary Outcome Measures
Name Time Method non appicable