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Cullington HE, Bele D, Brinton JC, Cooper S, Daft M, Harding J, Hatton N, Humphries J, Lutman ME, Maddocks J, Maggs J, Millward K, O'Donoghue G, Patel S, Rajput K, Salmon V, Sear T, Speers A, Wheeler A, Wilson K. United Kingdom national paediatric bilateral project: Results of professional rating scales and parent questionnaires. Cochlear Implants Int 2017; 18:23-35. [PMID: 28098502 DOI: 10.1080/14670100.2016.1265189] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/20/2022]
Abstract
OBJECTIVES This fourteen-centre project used professional rating scales and parent questionnaires to assess longitudinal outcomes in a large non-selected population of children receiving simultaneous and sequential bilateral cochlear implants. METHODS This was an observational non-randomized service evaluation. Data were collected at four time points: before bilateral cochlear implants or before the sequential implant, one year, two years, and three years after. The measures reported are Categories of Auditory Performance II (CAPII), Speech Intelligibility Rating (SIR), Bilateral Listening Skills Profile (BLSP) and Parent Outcome Profile (POP). RESULTS Thousand and one children aged from 8 months to almost 18 years were involved, although there were many missing data. In children receiving simultaneous implants after one, two, and three years respectively, median CAP scores were 4, 5, and 6; median SIR were 1, 2, and 3. Three years after receiving simultaneous bilateral cochlear implants, 61% of children were reported to understand conversation without lip-reading and 66% had intelligible speech if the listener concentrated hard. Auditory performance and speech intelligibility were significantly better in female children than males. Parents of children using sequential implants were generally positive about their child's well-being and behaviour since receiving the second device; those who were less positive about well-being changes also generally reported their children less willing to wear the second device. CONCLUSION Data from 78% of paediatric cochlear implant centres in the United Kingdom provide a real-world picture of outcomes of children with bilateral implants in the UK. This large reference data set can be used to identify children in the lower quartile for targeted intervention.
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Affiliation(s)
- H E Cullington
- a University of Southampton Auditory Implant Service , Southampton , UK
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- a University of Southampton Auditory Implant Service , Southampton , UK
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- a University of Southampton Auditory Implant Service , Southampton , UK
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- b St Thomas' Hospital Hearing Implant Centre , London , UK
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- c Nottingham Auditory Implant Programme , Nottingham , UK
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- d Cardiff Paediatric Cochlear Implant Programme , London , UK
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- e Emmeline Centre , Cambridge , UK
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- f The Oxford Cochlear Implant Programme , London , UK
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- g Hearing and Balance Centre, University of Southampton , Southampton , UK
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- h West of England Paediatric Hearing Implant Programme , Bristol , UK
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- i The Midlands Children's Hearing Implant Programme , Birmingham , UK
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- j The Richard Ramsden Centre for Hearing Implants , Manchester , UK
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- c Nottingham Auditory Implant Programme , Nottingham , UK
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- k St George's Hospital Auditory Implant Service , London , UK
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- l Great Ormond Street Cochlear Implant Programme , London , UK
| | - V Salmon
- m North East Cochlear Implant Programme , Middlesbrough , UK
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- n Royal National Throat Nose and Ear Cochlear Implant Programme , London , UK
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- o Belfast Regional Cochlear Implant Centre , Belfast , UK
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- n Royal National Throat Nose and Ear Cochlear Implant Programme , London , UK
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- b St Thomas' Hospital Hearing Implant Centre , London , UK
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Cullington HE, Bele D, Brinton JC, Cooper S, Daft M, Harding J, Hatton N, Humphries J, Lutman ME, Maddocks J, Maggs J, Millward K, O'Donoghue G, Patel S, Rajput K, Salmon V, Sear T, Speers A, Wheeler A, Wilson K. United Kingdom national paediatric bilateral project: Demographics and results of localization and speech perception testing. Cochlear Implants Int 2016; 18:2-22. [PMID: 28010679 DOI: 10.1080/14670100.2016.1265055] [Citation(s) in RCA: 18] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/20/2022]
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OBJECTIVES To assess longitudinal outcomes in a large and varied population of children receiving bilateral cochlear implants both simultaneously and sequentially. METHODS This observational non-randomized service evaluation collected localization and speech recognition in noise data from simultaneously and sequentially implanted children at four time points: before bilateral cochlear implants or before the sequential implant, 1 year, 2 years, and 3 years after bilateral implants. No inclusion criteria were applied, so children with additional difficulties, cochleovestibular anomalies, varying educational placements, 23 different home languages, a full range of outcomes and varying device use were included. RESULTS 1001 children were included: 465 implanted simultaneously and 536 sequentially, representing just over 50% of children receiving bilateral implants in the UK in this period. In simultaneously implanted children the median age at implant was 2.1 years; 7% were implanted at less than 1 year of age. In sequentially implanted children the interval between implants ranged from 0.1 to 14.5 years. Children with simultaneous bilateral implants localized better than those with one implant. On average children receiving a second (sequential) cochlear implant showed improvement in localization and listening in background noise after 1 year of bilateral listening. The interval between sequential implants had no effect on localization improvement although a smaller interval gave more improvement in speech recognition in noise. Children with sequential implants on average were able to use their second device to obtain spatial release from masking after 2 years of bilateral listening. Although ranges were large, bilateral cochlear implants on average offered an improvement in localization and speech perception in noise over unilateral implants. CONCLUSION These data represent the diverse population of children with bilateral cochlear implants in the UK from 2010 to 2012. Predictions of outcomes for individual patients are not possible from these data. However, there are no indications to preclude children with long inter-implant interval having the chance of a second cochlear implant.
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Affiliation(s)
- H E Cullington
- a University of Southampton Auditory Implant Service , Highfield , Southampton SO17 1BJ , UK
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- a University of Southampton Auditory Implant Service , Highfield , Southampton SO17 1BJ , UK
| | - J C Brinton
- a University of Southampton Auditory Implant Service , Highfield , Southampton SO17 1BJ , UK
| | - S Cooper
- b St. Thomas' Hospital Hearing Implant Centre , London , UK
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- c Nottingham Auditory Implant Programme , Nottingham , UK
| | - J Harding
- d Cardiff Paediatric Cochlear Implant Programme , London , UK
| | - N Hatton
- e Emmeline Centre , Cambridge , UK
| | - J Humphries
- f The Oxford Cochlear Implant Programme , London , UK
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- g Hearing and Balance Centre , University of Southampton , Southampton , UK
| | - J Maddocks
- h West of England Paediatric Hearing Implant Programme , Bristol , UK
| | - J Maggs
- i The Midlands Children's Hearing Implant Programme , Birmingham , UK
| | - K Millward
- j The Richard Ramsden Centre for Hearing Implants , Manchester , UK
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- c Nottingham Auditory Implant Programme , Nottingham , UK
| | - S Patel
- k St George's Hospital Auditory Implant Service , London , UK
| | - K Rajput
- l Great Ormond Street Cochlear Implant Programme , London , UK
| | - V Salmon
- m North East Cochlear Implant Programme , Middlesbrough , UK
| | - T Sear
- n Royal National Throat Nose and Ear Cochlear Implant Programme , London , UK
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- o Belfast Regional Cochlear Implant Centre , Belfast , UK
| | - A Wheeler
- n Royal National Throat Nose and Ear Cochlear Implant Programme , London , UK
| | - K Wilson
- b St. Thomas' Hospital Hearing Implant Centre , London , UK
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