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Comparative study of English- and German-speaking children with the Clarion cochlear implant
M J Osberger1, S Soli, S von der Haar-Heise
1Advanced Bionics Corporation, Sylmar, California, USA.
Objective:
To compare the performance of English-speaking and German-speaking children with Clarion cochlear implants on the Meaningful Auditory Integration Scale (MAIS).
Subjects And Methods:
Prelingually deafened German-speaking children and English-speaking children with Clarion cochlear implants were assessed on the MAIS pre- and postoperatively. Data were analyzed in terms of the absolute score, preoperatively and at two postoperative intervals, and the improvement score.
Results And Discussion:
Preoperatively, the MAIS scores of German-speaking children were slightly lower than those of English-speaking children. Postoperatively, this difference became more pronounced. Substantial deviation within each group of subjects was suggested by the size of the standard deviations.