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- Title
Multicenter clinical trial of the Nucleus Hybrid S8 cochlear implant: Final outcomes.
- Authors
Gantz, Bruce J.; Dunn, Camille; Oleson, Jacob; Hansen, Marlan; Parkinson, Aaron; Turner, Christopher
- Abstract
<bold>Objectives/hypothesis: </bold>The concept of expanding electrical speech processing to those with more residual acoustic hearing with a less-invasive shorter cochlear implant (CI) has been ongoing since 1999. A multicenter study of the Nucleus Hybrid S8 CI took place between 2002 and 2011. This report describes the final outcomes of this clinical trial.<bold>Study Design: </bold>Multicenter, longitudinal, single-subject design.<bold>Methods: </bold>Eighty-seven subjects received a Nucleus Hybrid S8 CI in their poorer ear. Speech perception in quiet (Consonant-Nucleus-Consonant [CNC] words) and in noise (Bamford-Kowal-Bench Sentences-In-Noise [BKB-SIN]) were collected pre- and postoperatively at 3, 6, and 12 months. Subjective questionnaire data using the Abbreviated Profile for Hearing Aid Benefit (APHAB) were also collected.<bold>Results: </bold>Some level of hearing preservation was accomplished in 98% subjects, with 90% maintaining a functional low-frequency pure-tone average (LFPTA) at initial activation. By 12 months, five subjects had total hearing loss, and 80% of subjects maintained functional hearing. CNC words demonstrated that 82.5% and 87.5% of subjects had significant improvements in the hybrid and combined conditions, respectively. The majority had improvements with BKB-SIN. Results also indicated that as long as subjects maintained at least a severe LFPTA, there was significant improvement in speech understanding. Furthermore, all subjects reported positive improvements in hearing in three of the four subscales of the APHAB.<bold>Conclusions: </bold>The concept of hybrid speech processing has significant advantages for subjects with residual low-frequency hearing. In this study, the Nucleus Hybrid S8 provided improved word understanding in quiet and noise. Additionally, there appears to be stability of the residual hearing after initial activation of the device.<bold>Level Of Evidence: </bold>2c.
- Subjects
IOWA; UNITED States; COCHLEAR implants; SPEECH perception testing; COCHLEA surgery; ELECTRIC stimulation research; HEARING aids; AUDITORY perception testing; CLINICAL trials; COMPARATIVE studies; DEAFNESS; LONGITUDINAL method; RESEARCH methodology; MEDICAL cooperation; QUESTIONNAIRES; RESEARCH; RESEARCH funding; SPEECH perception; UNITED States. Food &; Drug Administration; EVALUATION research; TREATMENT effectiveness
- Publication
Laryngoscope, 2016, Vol 126, Issue 4, p962
- ISSN
0023-852X
- Publication type
journal article
- DOI
10.1002/lary.25572