Research Article
Cochlear Implantation after Bacterial Meningitis in Infants Younger Than 9 Months
Table 3
Speech intelligibility rating (SIR) criteria.
| Speech intelligibility rating (SIR) | Score |
| Connected speech is intelligible to all listeners. Child is understood easily in everyday context. | 5 | Connected speech is intelligible to a listener who has little experience of a deaf person’s speech. | 4 | Connected speech is intelligible to a listener who concentrates and lip-reads. | 3 | Connected speech is unintelligible. Intelligible speech is developing in single words when context and lip reading cues are available. | 2 | Connected speech is unintelligible. Prerecognizable words in spoken language, primary mode of communication may be manual. | 1 |
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