Computer Program Predicts Cochlear Implant Success in Hearing-Impaired
  Children
From: Medical Desgn Technology - 10/14/2015

A new computer program that analyzes functional brain MRIs of hearing
impaired children can predict whether they will develop effective language
skills within two years of cochlear implant surgery, according to a study in
the journal Brain and Behavior.

Researchers at Cincinnati Children's Hospital Medical Center say their
computer program determines how specific regions of the brain respond to
auditory stimulus tests that hearing-impaired infants and toddlers receive
before surgical implantation.

With additional research and development, the authors suggest their computer
model could become a practical tool that allows clinicians to more
effectively screen patients with sensori-neural hearing loss before surgery.
This could reduce the number of children who undergo the invasive and costly
procedure, only to be disappointed when implants do not deliver hoped-for
results.

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Links:
Long (Jason) Lu, PhD
http://www.cincinnatichildrens.org/bio/l/jason-lu

New Computer Program Predicts Success of Cochlear Implants in
  Hearing-Impaired Children
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