Sharma S, et al. - This trial gauged the consequence of certain socioeconomic factors such as family income, level of parents' education, the distance between child's home and auditory verbal therapy clinic, and age of the child at implantation on postoperative cochlear implant outcomes. It was noted that cochlear implantation caused a considerable improvement in the auditory perception and speech intelligibility of children suffering from profound sensorineural hearing loss. Younger the age at implantation, the better were the results. Early implantation, therefore, was to be promoted and encouraged. Children who followed the designated program of postoperative mapping and auditory verbal therapy for a minimum period of 1 year possibly performed equally well in terms of hearing perception and speech intelligibility, irrespective of the socioeconomic status of the family.