Figure 3.
Pre- and postoperative cochlear implant speech performance. Both cochlear implantees show markedly increased performance on speech evaluation with K-CID as well as on PB and spondee word scores during the first three postoperative months. SH191-430 continues to display improvement in speech performance over the next three months, while improvement of SB284-563 slows down during the period. (K-CID Korean version of the Central Institute of Deafness; PB word phonetically balanced word; HA hearing aid; CI cochlear implant).