Determinants of Cochlear Implant Satisfaction and Decisional Regret in Adult Cochlear Implant Users.

ABSTRACT:

Objective

Determine associations expected and actual cochlear implant (CI) outcomes, decisional regret, and satisfaction in experienced adult CI users.

Study design

Cross-sectional cohort study.

Setting

Tertiary medical center.

Patients

Thirty-nine adult CI users meeting traditional bilateral hearing loss indications with ≥12 months CI experience.

Interventions/main outcome measures

Patients completed the validated Satisfaction with Amplification in Daily Living and Decisional Regret instruments. Pre- and post-CI outcomes (CI Quality of Life [CIQOL]-Expectations; CIQOL-35 Profile; CNC words, AzBio Sentences) were obtained from a prospectively maintained clinical database.

Results

Using established cutoff scores, 29% of patients reported a substant

SUBMITTER: Shannon CM 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10840889 | biostudies-literature | 2023 Dec

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature