CLINICAL CORRELATION OF MULTIMODALITY ELECTROPHYSIOLOGICAL ASSESSMENT WITH PSYCHOPHYSICAL BEHAVIOURAL RESPONSES IN COCHLEAR IMPLANTEES

Abstract

Indications for cochlear implantation have expanded today to include very young children and those with syndromes multiple handicaps Programming the implant based on behavioural responses may be tedious for audiologists in such cases wherein matching an effective MAP and appropriate MAP becomes the key issue in the habilitation program In Difficult to MAP scenarios objective measures become paramount to predict optimal current levels to be set in the MAP This research work aimed to explore the relationship between objective measures and behavioural responses in cochlear implantees over time The Objectives were a to study the trends in multimodal electrophysiological tests behavioural responses newlinesequentially over first year of implant use b to generate normative data from newlineabove c to correlate the multimodal electrophysiological thresholds levels newlinewith behavioural comfort levels and d to create predictive formulae for newlinederiving optimal comfort levels when behavioural levels are unknown using newlinelinear multiple regression analysis newline newline