Postoperative Rehabilitation Strategies Used by Adults With Cochlear Implants: A Pilot Study.

ABSTRACT:

Objectives/hypothesis

Aural rehabilitation is not standardized for adults after cochlear implantation. Most cochlear implant (CI) centers in the United States do not routinely enroll adult CI users in focused postoperative rehabilitation programs due to poor reimbursement and lack of data supporting (or refuting) the efficacy of any one specific approach. Consequently, patients generally assume a self-driven approach toward rehabilitation. This exploratory pilot study examined rehabilitation strategies pursued by adults with CIs and associated these strategies with speech recognition and CI-specific quality of life (QOL).

Study design

Cross-sectional study of 23 postlingually deafened adults with CIs.

Methods

Participants responded to an open-ended questionnaire regar

SUBMITTER: Harris MS 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC5510267 | biostudies-literature | 2016 Jun

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature