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- Title
BIMODAL HEARING AID RETENTION AFTER UNILATERAL COCHLEAR IMPLANTATION.
- Authors
Devocht, Elke M. J.; George, Erwin L. J.; Janssen, A. Miranda L.; Stokroos, Robert J.
- Abstract
The goal of this study was to investigate contralateral hearing aid (HA) use after unilateral cochlear implantation (CI) and to identify factors of influence on the occurrence of a unilateral CI recipient becoming a bimodal user. A retrospective cross-sectional chart review was carried out among 77 adult unilateral CI recipients one year after implantation. A bimodal HA retention rate of 64% was observed. Associations with demographics, hearing history, residual hearing, and speech recognition ability were investigated. Better pure-tone thresholds and unaided speech scores in the non-implanted ear, as well as a smaller difference in speech recognition scores between both ears were demonstrated to be significantly associated with HA retention. To identify the CI recipients who were most likely to become bimodal users, a combined model of HA retention was pro posed and cut-off points were determined. These results can provide input to clinical guidelines concerning CI candidacy.
- Subjects
HEARING aids; COCHLEAR implants; CROSS-sectional method; RETROSPECTIVE studies; SPEECH perception; RECOGNITION (Psychology); PATIENTS
- Publication
Journal of International Advanced Otology, 2015, Vol 11, p52
- ISSN
1308-7649
- Publication type
Article