Pitch-raising surgery in fourteen male-to-female transsexuals.

Objective: To evaluate the indications and results of pitch-raising surgery in male-to-female transsexual patients.

Study Design: Retrospective study of male-to-female transsexual patients who underwent pitch-raising surgery between 1994 and 2001 at a single institution.

Methods: The 14 patients had inadequate improvements after speech therapy alone.

[Evaluation protocol of cochlear implants in children under 5 years of age].

Special tests are necessary to assess the cochlear implant efficacy on a prelingually deaf child implanted before age 5 y. We propose to quantify comportment, comprehension, auditory perception and expression as percentage of a same age normally hearing child's scores. The particular items are detailed.