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Use of a parent-report scale to assess benefit in children given the Clarion cochlear implant
M J Osberger1, L Geier, S Zimmerman-Phillips
1Advanced Bionics Corporation, Sylmar, California, USA.
The American Journal of Otology
|December 10, 1997
Abstract
Objective:
To assess the auditory skills in everyday situations of prelingually deafened children with Clarion cochlear implants compared with hearing aids used preoperatively.
Study Design:
The Meaningful Auditory Integration Scale (MAIS) was used to determine the preoperative and postoperative auditory skills of the children.
Results And Discussion:
After implantation, the children showed improvement in three skill areas: bonding to the device, spontaneous alerting to sound in everyday situations, and ability to derive meaning from sound in the environment.