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- Title
Cochlear implantation and quality of life in postlingually deaf adults: Long-term follow-up
- Authors
Damen, Godelieve W.J.A.; Beynon, Andy J.; Krabbe, Paul F.M.; Mulder, Jef J.S.; Mylanus, Emmanuel A.M.
- Abstract
Objective: To investigate long-term quality of life (QoL) in postlingually deaf adults after entering the cochlear implantation (CI) program. Study Design and Setting: Follow-up study from 1998 onwards in tertiary university medical center. Long-term CI users, patients who have not received a CI, and relatively short-term CI users were re-evaluated six years after initial data collection in 1998 by using three questionnaires (NCIQ, HUI3, and SF36) and speech perception tests. Results and Conclusions: In general, the beneficial effect of CI remained stable during long-term follow-up, though scores on the questionnaires decreased slightly. Outcomes before and after cochlear implantation were significantly different. The group without a CI demonstrated slightly decreasing trends in outcomes. Long-term speech perception performance improved in time. Significance: This is the first study to investigate long-term follow-up of CI patients, in all aspects of QoL combined with speech perception performance, in comparison with postlingually deaf adults without CI.
- Subjects
COCHLEAR implants; COCHLEA surgery; DEAF people; QUALITY of life
- Publication
Otolaryngology-Head & Neck Surgery, 2007, Vol 136, Issue 4, p597
- ISSN
0194-5998
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.1016/j.otohns.2006.11.044