2022 · Diala Hussein, as the primary author contributed to study conception/design, data collection/analysis and writing of the paper, Hilal Dinçer D’Alessandro contributed to study design, data analysis and scientific review, Merve Özbal Batuk contributed to study design and scientific review, Amar Ekhwan contributed to study design and data collection, and Gonca Sennaroğlu contributed to study. Our preliminary results show that there is adequate contribution of brainstem implants in the development of auditory-verbal skills. Additional handicaps slow the progress of the prelingually deaf children.