Early postoperative benefit in receptive and expressive language development of cochlear implantation under 9 months of age in comparison to those implanted at later ages

CONCLUSION: CI before 9 months of age significantly enhances receptive language development than CI implanted later, maintaining its effect at least up to the age 2. This study supports the consideration of earlier CI, beyond pediatric FDA labeling criteria (>9 months), in children with profound deafness, who have a clear deafness etiology and language development delays (<1 percentile).PMID:38326998 | DOI:10.21053/ceo.2024.00011

Source: Clinical and Experimental Otorhinolaryngology - February 8, 2024 Category: ENT & OMF Authors: Seung Jae Lee Heonjeong Oh Kyu Ha Shin Sung-Min Park Yun Kyeong Kim Do Hyun Jung Jiyeon Yang Yejun Chun Min Young Kim Jin Hee Han Ju Ang Kim Ngoc-Trinh Tran Bong Jik Kim Byung Yoon Choi Source Type: research