Accuracy and variability in clinical predictions of speech recognition outcomes for cochlear implant users.

ABSTRACT:

Objectives

An improvement in speech perception is a major well-documented benefit of cochlear implantation (CI), which is commonly discussed with CI candidates to set expectations. However, a large variability exists in speech perception outcomes. We evaluated the accuracy of clinical predictions of post-CI speech perception scores.

Design

In an online survey, clinicians involved in CI care were asked to predict 6-month performance on AzBio sentences and CNC words for 15 anonymised CI patients based on demographic, medical, and audiological data, and preoperative speech recognition scores.

Study sample

Sixty-five participants (72% audiologists, 14% neurotologists, 14% speech-language pathologists, and CI researchers) provided predictions for two or more cases, and 43

SUBMITTER: Shafiro V 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC12226235 | biostudies-literature | 2025 Jul

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature