United Kingdom national paediatric bilateral project: demographics and results of localization and speech perception testing
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Cochlear Implants International Vol. 18 No. 1 (2016)Abstract: To assess longitudinal outcomes in a large and varied population of children receiving bilateral
cochlear implants both simultaneously and sequentially.
Methods: This observational non-randomized service evaluation collected localization and speech
recognition in noise data from simultaneously and sequentially implanted children at four time points:
before bilateral cochlear implants or before the sequential implant, 1 year, 2 years, and 3 years after
bilateral implants. No inclusion criteria were applied, so children with additional difficulties,
cochleovestibular anomalies, varying educational placements, 23 different home languages, a full range
of outcomes and varying device use were included.
To assess longitudinal outcomes in a large and varied population of children receiving bilateral
cochlear implants both simultaneously and sequentially.
Methods: This observational non-randomized service evaluation collected localization and speech
recognition in noise data from simultaneously and sequentially implanted children at four time points:
before bilateral cochlear implants or before the sequential implant, 1 year, 2 years, and 3 years after
bilateral implants. No inclusion criteria were applied, so children with additional difficulties,
cochleovestibular anomalies, varying educational placements, 23 different home languages, a full range
of outcomes and varying device use were included.