Electrophysiological Estimates of the Electrode–Neuron Interface Differ Between Younger and Older Listeners With Cochlear Implants

Abstract

The results of this study support the theory that young CI listeners who were deafened and implanted during childhood may have denser neural populations than older listeners who were deafened and implanted as adults. Potential between-group differences in SGN integrity emphasize a need to investigate optimized CI programming parameters for younger and older listeners.