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Recovery function of electrically evoked compound action potential in implanted children with auditory neuropathy:
Jae-Ryong Kim1, Lee-Suk Kim, Sung-Wook Jeong
1Department of Otolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery, Busan Paik Hospital, Inje University College of Medicine, Busan, Korea.
Conclusion:
The results of this study show that the temporal processing ability in children with auditory neuropathy (AN) can be restored to some degree by electrical stimulation through a cochlear implant. In addition, the electrically evoked compound action potential (ECAP) may be a useful index to predict outcomes in implanted children with AN.
Objectives:
The purpose of this study was to evaluate restoration of the temporal processing abilities in implanted children with AN using ECAP recovery function and speech perception.
Methods:
Ten children who had received cochlear implantations participated in this study, including six with AN and four with sensorineural hearing loss (SNHL). ECAP recovery functions were measured, and the slopes of ECAP recovery functions in implanted children with AN were compared with those of implanted children with SNHL. Open-set speech perception test scores of implanted children with AN were compared with those of 78 implanted children with SNHL.
Results:
The slopes of the ECAP recovery function in children with AN did not differ significantly from those in children with SNHL. The group of children with robust ECAPs showed good postoperative performance. However, the group with no ECAPs showed poor performance.
