Factors Affecting Audiometric and Speech Perception Outcomes in Hybrid Cochlear Implant Recipients.

ABSTRACT:

Objectives

To evaluate the long-term audiometric and speech perception outcomes in Hybrid cochlear implant recipients meeting hybrid or electric-acoustic stimulation (EAS) indications, and to identify factors, including age, sex, and duration of hearing loss, that may contribute to outcome variability. Additionally, the study evaluates the impact of EAS on speech perception.

Methods

Data from two clinical trials and retrospective data from the University of Iowa were combined for a total dataset of 150 Cochlear Nucleus Hybrid L24 (Cochlear Ltd., Sydney, Australia) cochlear implant recipients. Audiometric outcomes, as quantified by low-frequency pure-tone average (LFPTA; 125-500 Hz), and speech perception outcomes, including unilateral and bilateral CNC words in quiet and AzB

SUBMITTER: Reinhart PN 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC12826802 | biostudies-literature | 2026 Mar

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature