Benefit of Cochlear Implantation in Children with Multiple-handicaps: Parent's Perspective.

 The cochlear implants centers in the world are studying the cochlear implantation in children with multiple handicaps.  To develop a questionnaire to analyze the subjective benefits of the cochlear implantation in multiple handicapped children according to their parent's perspective.  A questionnaire was applied to 14 families of multiple handicapped children, aging from 2-12 years old and having from 11 months to 11 years of implant use.

Use of remote control in the intraoperative telemetry of cochlear implant: multicentric study.

Introduction: The conventional evaluation of neural telemetry and impedance requires the use of the computer coupled to an interface, with software that provides visualization of the stimulus and response. Recently, a remote control (CR220) was launched in the market, that allows the performance of intraoperative tests with minimal instrumentation.

Objective: To evaluate the agreement of the impedance values and neural telemetry thresholds, and the time of performance in the conventional procedure and by the remote control.

Hearing preservation using topical dexamethasone alone and associated with hyaluronic acid in cochlear implantation.

Conclusion: Topical dexamethasone associated with hyaluronic acid in cochlear implant surgery demonstrated a statistically significant difference in the preservation of low-frequency thresholds when compared with topical dexamethasone alone and a control group. Topical dexamethasone alone was not superior in hearing preservation when compared to the control group.

Objective: To compare the effects of topical dexamethasone alone and associated with hyaluronic acid intraoperatively in hearing preservation in cochlear implantation.

Remote programming of cochlear implants.

Purpose: To verify the effectiveness of remote programming of cochlear implants by stimulation levels and results in the perception of speech and free-field audiometry tests.

Methods: Twelve patients from both genders, aged between 18 and 59 years, users of internal cochlear implant and speech processor of the same model for at least 12 months, were selected. Both the remote programming (RP) and the live programming (LP) were performed on the same day, measuring the minimum (T) and maximum (C) stimulation levels of five electrodes with the interpolation of the remaining ones.

Audiological outcomes of cochlear implantation in Waardenburg Syndrome.

Introduction:  The most relevant clinical symptom in Waardenburg syndrome is profound bilateral sensorioneural hearing loss.

Aim:  To characterize and describe hearing outcomes after cochlear implantation in patients with Waardenburg syndrome to improve preoperative expectations.

Method:  This was an observational and retrospective study of a series of cases.