Despite advances in technology, the ability to perceive music remains limited for many
cochlear implant users. This paper reviews the technological, biological, and acoustical …

The aim of this systematic review was to summarize the results of scientific publications on
the clinical effectiveness of the cochlear implant (CI) procedure in adults. The members of …

Deaf children who are not provided with a sign language early in their development are at
risk of linguistic deprivation; they may never be fluent in any language, and they may have …

Parents of small deaf children need guidance on constructing home and school
environments that affect normal language acquisition. They often turn to physicians and …

Early deafness can reshape deprived auditory regions to enable the processing of signals
from the remaining intact sensory modalities. Cross-modal activation has been observed in …

Cochlear implants (CIs) are the state-of-the-art therapy for individuals with severe to
profound hearing loss, providing them with good functional hearing. Nevertheless, speech …

Cross-modal reorganization after sensory deprivation is a model for understanding brain
plasticity. Although it is a well-documented phenomenon, we still know little of the …

Background With expanding inclusion criteria for cochlear implantation, the number of
prelingually deafened persons who are implanted as adults increases. Compared with …

Objectives: The aims of the study were to investigate (1) speech perception outcomes in
people with an early-onset hearing loss (HL) who received a cochlear implant as an …

This article reviews the current status of cochlear implantation in both adults and children,
including expanding candidacy groups, bilateral implantation, advances in speech …