**5. Conclusions**

Multi-mode monophasic stimulation with capacitive discharge may reduce FNS in young children with CIs. Differently from the CI electrical stimulation pattern, the cochleanerve and electrode-nerve distances seem to have limited effects on FNS reduction in this population.

**Author Contributions:** Design of the study, F.D., A.C.M.B.R., M.A.H. and M.H.; data acquisition, F.D. and M.A.H.; data analysis, F.D. and R.H.; data interpretation, F.D., R.H., A.C.M.B.R., M.A.H., M.H. and C.K.; manuscript drafting: F.D. and R.H.; manuscript review: F.D., A.C.M.B.R., M.A.H., R.H., M.H. and C.K.; supervision, A.C.M.B.R. and M.A.H. All authors have read and agreed to the published version of the manuscript.

**Funding:** This research received no external funding.

**Institutional Review Board Statement:** The study was conducted in accordance with the Declaration of Helsinki and approved by the Institutional Ethics Committee of Ribeirão Preto Medical School, University of São Paulo (Protocol number: 5.117.640, Date of approval: 22 November 2021).

**Informed Consent Statement:** Parental informed consent was obtained from all subjects involved in the study.

**Data Availability Statement:** The data presented in this study are available on request from the corresponding author.

**Acknowledgments:** The authors want to thank Denny Marcos Garcia for the review of the statistical analysis.

**Conflicts of Interest:** F.D. works in the clinical department and R.H., C.K. and M.H. work in the Research & Technology and Clinical Evidence Departments, at Oticon Medical, manufacturer of the Neuro Zti cochlear implant system. The remaining authors declare no conflict of interest.
