Multicenter clinical trial of the Nucleus Hybrid S8 cochlear implant: Final outcomes.

ABSTRACT:

Objectives/hypothesis

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.

Study design

Multicenter, longitudinal, single-subject design.

Methods

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 (AP

SUBMITTER: Gantz BJ 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC4803613 | biostudies-literature | 2016 Apr

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature