Pediatric Outcomes: Cochlear implant outcomes in children have improved importantly as a result of newborn hearing screening, early identification and intervention, and early cochlear implantation (under 18 months of age for a child born deaf). Additionally, appropriate parent-centered therapy has been shown to result in better speech and language development, academic outcomes close or equivalent to hearing peers, and social-emotional development.

The following presentations were given during CI2016, Toronto and include the following topics: age of implantation, speech development, social skills, teenagers, asymmetrical loss and visual attention.

• Exploring Age at Cochlear Implantation: Why do some Children Receive Implants Late?: Elizabeth Fitzpatrick PhD, Canada
• Pragmatic Language and Social Skills 8 Years After Pediatric Cochlear Implantation in the Childhood Development After Cochlear Implantation Study: Dawn Marsiglia MA, United States
• Cochlea Nerve Deficiency and Cochlear Implant Outcomes in Children: Catherine Birman MBBS, FRACS, Australia
• Outcomes of Cochlear Implantation in Pediatric Patients with Asymmetric Hearing Loss: Susan Gibbons AuD, United States
• The Nature of Listening Environments During Cochlear Implant Use Varies with Children’s Ages: Vijayalakshmi Easwar PhD, Canada
• Outcomes in Implanted Teenagers Who Do Not Meet the UK Adult Candidacy Criteria: Fiona Vickers, Clinical Scientist (Audiology), United Kingdom
• Development of School-Age and Parent-Proxy Health-Related Quality of Life Instruments for Children with Cochlear Implants: Michael Hoffman MS, United States
• Working Hard to Make Out Speech: Listening Effort in Children with Cochlear Implants: Marloes Sparreboom PhD, Netherlands
• The Role of Electrocochleography in Predicting Speech Perception Outcomes in Adult and Pediatric Cochlear Implant Recipients: Tatyana Fontenot, MD United States

• Monitoring Auditory Maturation and Adequacy of Audio Processor Programs of Pediatric CI Users Using Aided Cortical Assessment: Julie Kosaner M.Ed., Turkey