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Reviews
ReviewsDetermination of early connection in cochlear implant patients
A. V. Shaporova (1), D. S. Klyachko (1), Yu. S. Preobrazhenskaya (1), V. E. Kuzovkov (1), S. B. Sugarova (1), Ya. L. Shcherbakova (1)
(1) Saint Petersburg Research Institute of Ear, Throat, Nose and Speech, Saint Petersburg, 190013, Russia
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DOI: https://doi.org/10.18692/1810-4800-2022-4-92-97
ABSTRACT
Hearing loss affects the entire course of a child’s development, especially if it occurred at an early age. At the same time, features of auditory, cognitive, and emotional-personal development are noted. Hearing loss limits social activity, communication, and psychoemotional comfort. The widespread spread of the disease presents a serious problem for public health. In the context of the spread of the new coronavirus infection COVID-19, the epidemiological picture in different regions and within them may change; in this regard, there are certain difficulties with hospitalization of patients, which are associated with an increased risk of morbidity and the collection of all the necessary analyses. To solve this problem, an early connection is used without patients being discharged from the hospital after surgery. Cochlear implantation followed by early intensive rehabilitation can allow patients to master speech, language, and social skills as soon as possible, which can be successfully used during a critical period when children master speech. The purpose of this article is to identify and compare the perceived advantages of early connection of the cochlear implantation system processor: early start of settings, allowing the child to have physical hearing, on the basis of which spontaneous oral speech will form naturally.
Publication date:
18.08.2022
Keywords:
cochlear implantation, auditory-speech rehabilitation, sensorineural hearing loss, processor fitting, early connection, COVID-19. For citation:
Shaporova A. V., Klyachko D. S., Preobrazhenskaya Yu. S., Kuzovkov V. E., Sugarova S. B., Shcherbakova Ya. L. Determination of early connection in cochlear implant patients. Rossiiskaya otorinolaringologiya. 2022;21(4):92-97. https://doi.org/10.18692/1810-4800-2022-4-92-97