Benefit of sequential bilateral cochlear implantation in children between 5 to 18 years old: A prospective cohort study.
W J KleijbergenMarloes SparreboomEmmanuel A M MylanusG de KoningH W HellemanP P B M BoermansJ H M FrijnsJ L VroegopM P van der SchroeffE E J GeldersE L J GeorgeM J W LammersW GrolmanI StegemanA L SmitPublished in: PloS one (2022)
After 12 months of use, sequential bilateral cochlear implantation showed improved speech perception in quiet and noise and improved subjective sound quality outcomes in children despite a great inter-implantation interval (median of 8 years [range 1-16 years]).