Time course from cochlear implant surgery to non-use for congenitally deaf recipients implanted as children over ten years ago.

Objective: To determine the time-course from first cochlear implantation to non-use, to characterise non-users' receptive and expressive communication, and document known risk factors for inconsistent use, for congenitally deaf non-users of cochlear implants implanted as children at least ten years ago.

Methods: Retrospective service evaluation. All congenitally deaf patients who received a first cochlear implant as children at least ten years ago at a regional service, and were currently non-users, were identified.

A review of the outcomes of children with designated additional needs receiving cochlear implantation for severe to profound hearing loss.

Objective: To evaluate one year outcomes of children with additional needs receiving cochlear implantation at the Yorkshire Auditory Implant Service (YAIS) over a ten-year period.

Methods: Retrospective chart review yielded 270 children who received cochlear implants (CIs) at YAIS between 2007 and 2017; 49 children were classified as having additional needs. Audiological performance scales (Meaningful Auditory Information Scale (MAIS), Meaningful Use of Speech Scale (MUSS), Listening in Progress (LIP), Categories of Auditory Performance (CAP), and Speech Intelligibility Rating Scale (SIR)) were analysed pre- and 12 months post-implantation.