作者
Riki Taitelbaum-Swead, Zippora Brownstein, Chava Muchnik, Liat Kishon-Rabin, Jona Kronenberg, Lela Megirov, Moshe Frydman, Minka Hildesheimer, Karen B Avraham
发表日期
2006/5/1
期刊
Archives of Otolaryngology–Head & Neck Surgery
卷号
132
期号
5
页码范围
495-500
出版商
American Medical Association
简介
Objective
To compare performance after cochlear implantation in children with mutations in connexin (Cx) 26 (GJB2)or Cx30 (GJB6) and children with deafness of unknown etiology.
Design
Genetic analysis and speech perception evaluation was performed in the children with and without Cx mutations who had undergone cochlear implantation. Speech perception performance was retrospectively analyzed 6, 12, 24, 36, and 48 months after implantation. Test material was selected according to the child's age and cognitive and language abilities.
Setting
The study took place at speech and hearing and genetic centers of a hospital in the central part of Israel and the genetics departments of 3 additional centrally located hospitals.
Patients
A total of 30 children who had undergone cochlear implantation were selected for the study, with control patients matched according to age at implantation, duration of implant use, and …
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