Initial Results With Image-guided Cochlear Implant Programming in Children.

Hypothesis: Image-guided cochlear implant (CI) programming can improve hearing outcomes for pediatric CI recipients.

Background: CIs have been highly successful for children with severe-to-profound hearing loss, offering potential for mainstreamed education and auditory-oral communication. Despite this, a significant number of recipients still experience poor speech understanding, language delay, and, even among the best performers, restoration to normal auditory fidelity is rare.

Results of Postoperative, CT-based, Electrode Deactivation on Hearing in Prelingually Deafened Adult Cochlear Implant Recipients.

Objective: To test the use of a novel, image-guided cochlear implant (CI) programming (IGCIP) technique on prelingually deafened, adult CI recipients.

Study Design: Prospective unblinded study.

Setting: Tertiary referral center.

Clinical evaluation of an image-guided cochlear implant programming strategy.

The cochlear implant (CI) has been labeled the most successful neural prosthesis. Despite this success, a significant number of CI recipients experience poor speech understanding, and, even among the best performers, restoration to normal auditory fidelity is rare. While significant research efforts have been devoted to improving stimulation strategies, few developments have led to significant hearing improvement over the past two decades.