[Speech perception in cochlear implant users: two programming situations]. / Percepção de fala em usuários de implante coclear: duas situações de programação.

BACKGROUND: In order to shorten the programming process of cochlear implanted (CI) children it is possible to establish the T level (threshold level) as being 10% of the C level (most comfortable level). AIM: To compare the results of speech perception tests using the map of the real thresholds levels and the map corresponding to 10% of the C level. MRTHODS: A list of monosyllables and sentences were used with 30 CI individuals in two programming situations. RESULTS: no difference was found between the results in the speech tests in the two programming situations. CONCLUSION: The use of the map with the T level corresponding to 10% of the C level can be an option to program young children, especially for those who do not respond to the investigation of the real T levels.