Demographic analysis
Of the 78 patients included in this study, 5 and 73 underwent bilateral and unilateral CI, respectively. The children’s average implantation age was 5.7±4.1 years (range, 0.7–17.8 years). The mean age of the IEM group and control group was 5.54±4.31 years and 5.92±3.96 years. The difference in age was not statistically significant between the two groups. All the patients underwent full CI insertion, without any complications.