ArticleEar and hearing
American Cochlear Implant Alliance Task Force Guidelines for Determining Cochlear Implant Candidacy in Children.
Article in Ear and hearing. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 25 papers.
What it found
Each row is one number read from the abstract, on the scale the paper reported it, with its interval. Left of the dashed line favours the treatment, right favours the comparator. Under each row is the sentence it came from. New to these charts? A ten-minute tutorial.
The abstract states no effect estimate the extractor could read, or names no intervention and outcome on the map, so this paper lights no cell and moves no belief. It is still indexed, cited and linked below.
The trial behind it
Trials whose registry record cites this paper, or whose number appears in the abstract. A trial that started after this paper was published is citing it as background, not reporting it.
Neither the registry nor the abstract names a trial number. If this is a trial report, that itself is worth knowing.
Who cites it
25 citing papers in PubMed, 52 citations in OpenAlex.
- Electrode Contacts in the Functional Hearing Region for Pediatric Cochlear Implant Recipients.The Laryngoscope · 2026Article
- What Is the Optimal Timing for Cochlear Implantation in a Post-Meningitic Infant With Sensorineural Hearing Loss?The Laryngoscope · 2026Article
- Cochlear implantation for sensorineural hearing loss caused by neonatal hyperbilirubinemia.Seminars in perinatology · 2026Review
- Age outweighs route for AAV-PHP.eB transgene distribution via inner ear delivery.Drug delivery and translational research · 2026Article
- Determinants of Cochlear Implant Evaluation Completion and Uptake in Children.Journal of clinical medicine · 2026Article
- Consonant perception and error patterns in children and adults with cochlear implants.The Journal of the Acoustical Society of America · 2026Article
- Personalizing Cochlear Implant Care in Single-Sided Deafness: A Distinct Paradigm from Bilateral Hearing Loss.Journal of personalized medicine · 2025Review
- ChatGPT and Microsoft Copilot for Cochlear Implant Side Selection: A Preliminary Study.Audiology research · 2025Article
- Clinical Perspectives on Cochlear Implantation in Pediatric Patients with Cochlear Nerve Aplasia or Hypoplasia.Audiology research · 2025Article
- The Impact of Cochlear Implantation in Pediatric Patients on Quality of Life: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis.Otology & neurotology open · 2025Review
- Access to Cochlear Implantation: Trends in Surgeon Volume and Training.The Laryngoscope · 2025Article
- Computer-based Auditory Training in New Adult Cochlear Implant Recipients: A Review of Training Outcomes in More than 100 Patients in the Outpatient Setting.Seminars in hearing · 2025Review
- Cochlear Implantation in the United Arab Emirates: Otolaryngologists' Knowledge, Attitudes, and Practices.Audiology research · 2025Article
- The everyday speech environments of preschoolers with and without cochlear implants.Journal of child language · 2025Article
- Essential Equipment for Baseline Otolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery Care: A Global Cross-Sectional Survey.Laryngoscope investigative otolaryngology · 2025Article
- Equitable access to cochlear implants: a perspective on social justice and international obligations.Frontiers in public health · 2025Article
- Radiological Perspectives in Congenital Sensorineural Hearing Loss: Insights from Cochlear Implant Candidates.Journal of clinical medicine · 2024Article
- Cochlear Implantation: Long-Term Effect of Early Activation on Electrode Impedance.Journal of clinical medicine · 2024Article
- Cochlear implantation compliance among minorities at high risk for hearing impairment following universal newborn hearing screening.European archives of oto-rhino-laryngology : official journal of the European Federation of Oto-Rhino-Laryngological Societies (EUFOS) : affiliated with the German Society for Oto-Rhino-Laryngology - Head and Neck Surgery · 2024Article
- How to vocode: Using channel vocoders for cochlear-implant research.The Journal of the Acoustical Society of America · 2024Article
Corrections and comments
PubMed lists nothing against this paper. Absence here is not a guarantee, only a check that was made.
Authors and funding
5 authors at 4 institutions in 1 country.
Funding
No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.
Abstract
This article summarizes the available evidence on pediatric cochlear implantation to provide current guidelines for clinical protocols and candidacy recommendations in the United States. Candidacy determination involves specification of audiologic and medical criteria per guidelines of the Food and Drug Administration. However, recommendations for a cochlear implant evaluation also should maintain flexibility and consider a child's skill progression (i.e., month-for-month progress in speech, language, and auditory development) and quality of life with appropriately fit hearing aids. Moreover, evidence supports medical and clinical decisions based on other factors, including (a) ear-specific performance, which affords inclusion of children with asymmetric hearing loss and single-sided deafness as implant candidates; (b) ear-specific residual hearing, which influences surgical technique and device selection to optimize hearing; and (c) early intervention to minimize negative long-term effects on communication and quality of life related to delayed identification of implant candidacy, later age at implantation, and/or limited commitment to an audiologic rehabilitation program. These evidence-based guidelines for current clinical protocols in determining pediatric cochlear implant candidacy encourage a team-based approach focused on the whole child and the family system.
Indexed as
Identifiers
What OpenQuestion holds
Registered trials
Read under generation 80e0d062 · epoch 390. Bibliography from PubMed, PubMed Central and OpenAlex; grants from NIH RePORTER; trial links from ClinicalTrials.gov; estimates, votes and beliefs from the OpenQuestion graph.