Changes in electrically evoked auditory brainstem responses in children with sequential bilateral cochlear implants. 2021

Burcu Deniz, and Eyyup Kara, and Zahra Polat, and Rışvan Deniz, and Ahmet Ataş
İstanbul University-Cerrahpaşa, Faculty of Health Sciences, Department of Audiology, İstanbul, Turkey. Electronic address: burcudeniz@istanbul.edu.tr.

OBJECTIVE The primary aim of this study is to investigate whether the electrical stimulation of the second ear causes a difference in electrically evoked auditory brainstem responses (eABR) between two ears over time. METHODS The study included thirteen subjects under the age of five who used cochlear implants for at least six months in the first ear prior to the sequential cochlear implantation. Postoperative eABRs were conducted on the 1st (first fitting of the second speech processor), 3rd, and 6th months of the second implantation in the basal, medial, and apical electrode positions. The recording was started with the second cochlear implant (CI2), and then the first cochlear implant (CI1) was tested. Sound field audiometry and receptive/expressive language assessments were also performed at 1 and 6 months after the second cochlear implantation. RESULTS eABR results indicate that when eV wave latencies are examined for all electrodes, CI2 is significantly longer than CI1 (p < 0.05). When eV wave amplitudes are examined for all electrodes, CI1 is significantly higher than the CI2 (p < 0.05). eV latency and amplitude changes between both implants were examined up to six months after implantation. Statistically significant changes were observed in the basal, medial, apical electrode for eV wave latencies, and only in the medial electrode for eV wave amplitudes (p < 0.05). Average sound field thresholds and receptive/expressive language scores improved statistically significantly for all subjects at the end of the study (p < 0.05). CONCLUSIONS The postoperative eABR test is a valuable test battery that provides the clinician with important ideas about the estimated threshold, comfortable and audible sound level, CI performance, and auditory pathways up to the brainstem. Since the maturation is still ongoing, an extended period longer than six months is needed to evaluate interaural differences.

UI MeSH Term Description Entries
D007223 Infant A child between 1 and 23 months of age. Infants
D001933 Brain Stem The part of the brain that connects the CEREBRAL HEMISPHERES with the SPINAL CORD. It consists of the MESENCEPHALON; PONS; and MEDULLA OBLONGATA. Brainstem,Truncus Cerebri,Brain Stems,Brainstems,Cerebri, Truncus,Cerebrus, Truncus,Truncus Cerebrus
D002648 Child A person 6 to 12 years of age. An individual 2 to 5 years old is CHILD, PRESCHOOL. Children
D003054 Cochlear Implants Electronic hearing devices typically used for patients with normal outer and middle ear function, but defective inner ear function. In the COCHLEA, the hair cells (HAIR CELLS, VESTIBULAR) may be absent or damaged but there are residual nerve fibers. The device electrically stimulates the COCHLEAR NERVE to create sound sensation. Auditory Prosthesis,Cochlear Prosthesis,Implants, Cochlear,Auditory Prostheses,Cochlear Implant,Cochlear Prostheses,Implant, Cochlear,Prostheses, Auditory,Prostheses, Cochlear,Prosthesis, Auditory,Prosthesis, Cochlear
D003638 Deafness A general term for the complete loss of the ability to hear from both ears. Deafness Permanent,Hearing Loss Permanent,Prelingual Deafness,Deaf Mutism,Deaf-Mutism,Deafness, Acquired,Hearing Loss, Complete,Hearing Loss, Extreme,Acquired Deafness,Complete Hearing Loss,Deafness, Prelingual,Extreme Hearing Loss,Permanent, Deafness,Permanent, Hearing Loss,Permanents, Deafness
D004558 Electric Stimulation Use of electric potential or currents to elicit biological responses. Stimulation, Electric,Electrical Stimulation,Electric Stimulations,Electrical Stimulations,Stimulation, Electrical,Stimulations, Electric,Stimulations, Electrical
D006801 Humans Members of the species Homo sapiens. Homo sapiens,Man (Taxonomy),Human,Man, Modern,Modern Man
D001309 Auditory Threshold The audibility limit of discriminating sound intensity and pitch. Auditory Thresholds,Threshold, Auditory,Thresholds, Auditory
D016057 Evoked Potentials, Auditory, Brain Stem Electrical waves in the CEREBRAL CORTEX generated by BRAIN STEM structures in response to auditory click stimuli. These are found to be abnormal in many patients with CEREBELLOPONTINE ANGLE lesions, MULTIPLE SCLEROSIS, or other DEMYELINATING DISEASES. Acoustic Evoked Brain Stem Potentials,Auditory Brain Stem Evoked Responses,Brain Stem Auditory Evoked Potentials,Evoked Responses, Auditory, Brain Stem,Acoustic Evoked Brain Stem Potential,Acoustic Evoked Brainstem Potential,Acoustic Evoked Brainstem Potentials,Auditory Brain Stem Evoked Response,Auditory Brain Stem Response,Auditory Brain Stem Responses,Auditory Brainstem Evoked Response,Auditory Brainstem Evoked Responses,Auditory Brainstem Responses,Brain Stem Auditory Evoked Potential,Brainstem Auditory Evoked Potential,Brainstem Auditory Evoked Potentials,Evoked Potential, Auditory, Brainstem,Evoked Potentials, Auditory, Brainstem,Evoked Response, Auditory, Brain Stem,Evoked Response, Auditory, Brainstem,Evoked Responses, Auditory, Brainstem,Auditory Brainstem Response,Brainstem Response, Auditory,Brainstem Responses, Auditory,Response, Auditory Brainstem,Responses, Auditory Brainstem
D019929 Cochlear Implantation Surgical insertion of an electronic hearing device (COCHLEAR IMPLANTS) with electrodes to the COCHLEAR NERVE in the inner ear to create sound sensation in patients with residual nerve fibers. Cochlear Prosthesis Implantation,Cochlear Implantations,Cochlear Prosthesis Implantations,Implantation, Cochlear,Implantation, Cochlear Prosthesis,Implantations, Cochlear,Implantations, Cochlear Prosthesis,Prosthesis Implantation, Cochlear,Prosthesis Implantations, Cochlear

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