Benefits of bilateral cochlear implants and/or hearing aids in children Beneficios de los implantes cocleares bilaterales y/o auxiliares auditivos en ninos

This study evaluated functional benefits from bilateral stimulation in 20 children ages 414, 10 use two CIs and 10 use one CI and one HA. Localization acuity was measured with the minimum audible angle (MAA). Speech intelligibility was measured in quiet, and in the presence of 2-talker competing speech using the CRISP forced-choice test. Results show that both groups perform