Profound childhood hearing loss in a South Africa cohort Risk profile, diagnosis and age of intervention》.pdf

International Journal of Pediatric Otorhinolaryngology 79 (2015) 8–14 Contents lists available at ScienceDirect International Journal of Pediatric Otorhinolaryngology jo ur n al ho m ep ag e: ww w.els evier .c om/lo cat e/ijp o r l Profound childhood hearing loss in a South Africa cohort: Risk profile, diagnosis and age of intervention a a,b,c,* a a,d e Talita le Roux , De Wet Swanepoel , Anel Louw , Bart Vinck , Mashudu Tshifularo a Department of Speech-Language Pathology and Audiology, University of Pretoria, South Africa b Ear Sciences Centre, School of Surgery, University of Western Australia, Nedlands, Australia c Ear Science Institute Australia, Subiaco, Australia d Speech-Language Audiology Department, Ghent University, Belgium e Department of Otorhinolaryngology, University of Pretoria, South Africa A R T I C L E I N F O A B S T R A C T Article history: Objective: To describe profound childhood hearing loss in a South African population of pediatric Received 30 May 2014 cochlear implant recipients in terms of risk profile, and age of diagnosis and intervention. Received in revised form 26 September 2014 Methods: A retrospective review of patient files for 264 pediatric cochlear implant recipients from five Accepted 30 September 2014 cochlear implant programs was conducted. Data was captured from 264 eligible subjects, of which