Research Article

The Relation between Nonverbal IQ and Postoperative CI Outcomes in Cochlear Implant Users: Preliminary Result

Table 1

Demographic characteristics of the included patients.

Male/female5 : 8
Side of implantation, R/L9 : 4
Age at implantation (median)1.3 years to 14.2 years (6.2 years)
Age at intelligence test (median)5 years to 16 years (9.3 years)
Bilateral profound sensorineural hearing loss13 (100%)
Etiology of deafness
 Unknown (no inner ear anomaly)11 (84.6%)
 Inner ear anomaly (Mondini malformation, EVAS)2 (15.4%)
Linguistic, pre-/postlingual13 : 0