Use of a parent-report scale to assess benefit in children given the Clarion cochlear implant.

Objective: To assess the auditory skills in everyday situations of prelingually deafened children with Clarion cochlear implants compared with hearing aids used preoperatively.
Study Design: The Meaningful Auditory Integration Scale (MAIS) was used to determine the preoperative and postoperative auditory skills of the children.
Results and Discussion: After implantation, the children showed improvement in three skill areas: bonding to the device, spontaneous alerting to sound in everyday situations, and ability to derive meaning from sound in the environment.