Wilson Katherine, Ambler Marette, Hanvey Kate, Jenkins Marsha, Jiang Dan, Maggs Justine, Tzifa Konstance
a St Thomas' Hospital Hearing Implant Centre , London , UK.
b The Midlands Hearing Implant Programme - Children's Service , Birmingham Children's Hospital NHS Foundation Trust , Birmingham , UK.
Cochlear Implants Int. 2016 Apr;17 Suppl 1:66-9. doi: 10.1080/14670100.2016.1152014.
Children who have partial hearing (PH) in the low frequencies and profound sensorineural hearing loss in the high frequencies can present a challenge to cochlear implant (CI) teams in terms of referral, assessment, and candidacy. Neither clinical criteria nor optimal timing for implantation has been explored in the literature. Data from both the Hearing Implant Centres of Birmingham Children's Hospital and St Thomas' Hospital indicate that it is clinically appropriate to implant children with PH; they perform better with CIs than with hearing aids, even if their hearing is not fully preserved. We have also found that children need early access to high frequency sound in order to reach their full potential.
低频部分听力损失（PH）且高频严重感音神经性听力损失的儿童，在转诊、评估和候选资格方面给人工耳蜗（CI）团队带来了挑战。目前文献中尚未探讨临床标准或最佳植入时机。来自伯明翰儿童医院和圣托马斯医院听力植入中心的数据表明，为PH儿童植入人工耳蜗在临床上是合适的；即使他们的听力没有完全保留，使用人工耳蜗也比使用助听器效果更好。我们还发现，儿童需要尽早接触高频声音以充分发挥其潜力。
