What Do People Want to Know About Cochlear Implants: A Google Analytic Study.

ABSTRACT:

Objective

Identify the questions most frequently asked online about cochlear implants (CI) and assess the readability and quality of the content.

Methods

A Google search engine observational study was conducted via a search response optimization (SEO) tool. The SEO tool listed the questions generated by Google's "People Also Ask" (PAA) feature for the search queries "cochlear implant" and "cochlear implant surgery." The top 50 PAA questions for each query were conceptually classified. Sourced websites were evaluated for readability, transparency and information quality, and ability to answer the question. Readability and accuracy in answering questions were also compared to the responses from ChatGPT 3.5.

Results

The PAA questions were commonly related to technical de

SUBMITTER: Benaim EH 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC11729566 | biostudies-literature | 2025 Feb

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature