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Science articlesFeatures of cochlear implant speech processor fitting in patients with congenital cytomegalovirus infection: our experience
S. B. Sugarova (1), D. S. Klyachko (1), D. D. Kalyapin (1)
(1) Saint Petersburg Research Institute of Ear, Throat, Nose and Speech, Saint Petersburg, 190013, Russia
UDK: УДК 616.28-008.14
DOI: https://doi.org/10.18692/1810-4800-2023-5-65-68
ABSTRACT
In recent decades, a lot of attention has been paid to the etiological and pathophysiological factors of hearing loss in the international scientific literature. However, most of the conducted research is devoted to fundamental issues of genetics, immunology, or biophysics. Meanwhile, the papers concerning the applied audiology are in a relatively smaller, scarce quantity. In this publication, we have tried to highlight the practical aspects of the cochlear implant speech processor fitting in patients with the most common infectious etiology of congenital deafness – cytomegalovirus infection. The study included 50 patients with this pathology who underwent the speech processor initial activation and subsequent aural rehabilitation courses at the Saint Petersburg Research Institute of Ear, Throat, Nose, and Speech from 2021 to 2023. We found out that this category of patients has its own characteristic features of not only surgical but also rehabilitation stage of cochlear implantation. We tried to reflect our experience in choosing the strategy and parameters of electrical signal stimulation and to highlight the most important details in the organization of pedagogical, speech therapy, and medical activities.
Publication date:
25.10.2023
Keywords:
cochlear implantation, aural rehabilitation, speech processor fitting, cytomegalovirus infection. For citation:
Sugarova S. B., Klyachko D. S., Kalyapin D. D. Features of cochlear implant speech processor fitting in patients with congenital cytomegalovirus infection: our experience. Russian Otorhinolaryngology. 2023;22(5):65-68. https://doi.org/10.18692/1810-4800-2023-5-65-68