2020 Volume 63 Issue 6 Pages 531-538
To investigate the wearing situations of sound processors and the sound environments of children with cochlear implants, the distribution of 5 selected parameters were analyzed based on the data logging results of 100 children under 18 years of age with cochlear implants. The results of three groups, namely, preschool children, elementary school pupils, and junior high/high school students, were compared.
As for the cochlear implant wearing time, the higher the age, the longer the wearing time, and the more stable the wearing of the transmission coil in the junior and senior high school students. As for the sound environments, speaking voices in noise accounted for a higher percentage than those in silence, suggesting the importance of environmental adjustments for information security.
Cochlear implant data logging is expected to enable rehabilitation tailored to individual children by allowing the medical staff to grasp the accumulated values from a certain number of results, and also the changes over time, and share such information with the parents and related organizations.
