Research Article
Comparisons of Auditory Performance and Speech Intelligibility after Cochlear Implant Reimplantation in Mandarin-Speaking Users
Table 1
Demographic backgrounds of the cases.
| | Linkou | Kaohsiung & Xiamen | Total |
| Total number of CI patients | 401 | 188 | 589 | Gender (male/female) | 210/191 | 102/86 | 312/277 | Implanted ear (right/left) | 186/215 | 103/85 | 289/300 | Age at implantation (years) | | | | 3.0 | 160 | 80 | 240 | 3.1–5.0 | 88 | 49 | 137 | 5.1–18.0 | 100 | 34 | 134 | 18.0 | 53 | 25 | 78 | CI device | | | | CI24M | 61 | 7 | 68 | CI24R (CS, CA) | 92 | 81 | 173 | CI24RE (Freedom) | 194 | 75 | 269 | CI512 | 43 | 14 | 57 | CI422 | 11 | 11 | 22 | Incision method | | | | Inverted J | 222 | 33 | 255 | Minimally invasive | 179 | 155 | 334 | Etiology | | | | Congenital | 243 | 144 | 387 | LVAS | 61 | 13 | 74 | Progressive | 21 | 6 | 27 | Inner ear anomaly | 28 | 5 | 33 | Waardenburg syndrome | 8 | 3 | 11 | Meningitis | 7 | 1 | 8 | Sudden deafness | 3 | 4 | 7 | Multiply handicapped | 5 | 3 | 8 | Other | 25 | 9 | 34 |
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