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