European Bilateral Pediatric Cochlear Implant Forum Consensus Statement
Otology & Neurotology
Ramsden, J. D., Gordon, K., et al. (2012).
Otology & Neurotology, 33(4), 561-565.
This consensus statement from a working group of the European Cochlear Implant surgeons provides recommendations for the treatment of bilateral sensorineural hearing loss in children with cochlear implants.
European Bilateral Pediatric Cochlear Implant Forum
"The infant or child with unambiguous cochlear implant candidacy should receive bilateral cochlear implants simultaneously as soon as possible after definitive diagnosis of deafness to permit optimal auditory development; an atraumatic surgical technique designed to preserve cochlear function, minimize cochlear damage, and allow easy, possibly repeated re-implantation is recommended" (p. 561).
