caa a22 4500 388083190 CHVBK 20180307125223.0 cr unu---uuuuu 161130e199908 xx s 000 0 eng 10.1017/S0022215100146067 doi S0022215100146067 pii (NATIONALLICENCE)cambridge-10.1017/S0022215100146067 Evaluation of cochlear implantation in post-meningitic adults [Elektronische Daten] Meningitis is an important cause of deafness and in some studies has been associated with poorer outcomes in adult patients following cochlear implantation. Of the first 100 adults implanted under the Midland Cochlear Implant Programme, 28 were deafened as a result of meningitis. We compare our experience with these patients with patients with a non-meningitic aetiology. A degree of cochlear ossification was a more common finding in the meningitic group. In six cases (four meningitics, two non-meningitics) ossification was encountered only during surgery, not being apparent on pre-operative radiology. The average scores achieved on auditory tests by the meningitic group were similar to those achieved by non-meningitic patients. At nine months, using only the implant, users were able to identify 54 per cent of common environmental sounds, achieved an average score of 30 words per minute on connected discourse tracking and identified an average of 42 per cent of words correctly in BKB sentences. Poorer outcomes were more commonly associated with cochlear ossification. In patients with cognitive and neurological sequelae, benefits with the implant were not always apparent in the early months, however, with intensive therapy these patients can obtain measurable sustained benefit from their implant. Copyright © JLO (1984) Limited 1999 Cochlear implants nationallicence Meningitis nationallicence Thomas J. Midland Cochlear Implant Programme, Department of Otolaryngology, University Hospital Birmingham, Queen Elizabeth Hospital, Edgbaston, Birmingham, UK. Cheshire I. M. Midland Cochlear Implant Programme, Department of Otolaryngology, University Hospital Birmingham, Queen Elizabeth Hospital, Edgbaston, Birmingham, UK. The Journal of Laryngology & Otology Cambridge University Press 113/24(1999-08), 27-33 0022-2151 113:24<27 1999 113 JLO https://doi.org/10.1017/S0022215100146067 text/html Onlinezugriff via DOI 1 research-article jats NATIONALLICENCE 856 40 https://doi.org/10.1017/S0022215100146067 text/html Onlinezugriff via DOI NATIONALLICENCE 700 1- Thomas J. Midland Cochlear Implant Programme, Department of Otolaryngology, University Hospital Birmingham, Queen Elizabeth Hospital, Edgbaston, Birmingham, UK NATIONALLICENCE 700 1- Cheshire I. M. Midland Cochlear Implant Programme, Department of Otolaryngology, University Hospital Birmingham, Queen Elizabeth Hospital, Edgbaston, Birmingham, UK NATIONALLICENCE 773 0- The Journal of Laryngology & Otology Cambridge University Press 113/24(1999-08), 27-33 0022-2151 113:24<27 1999 113 JLO CC0 http://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0 nationallicence BK010053 XK010053 XK010000 NATIONALLICENCE NATIONALLICENCE NL-cambridge