Development and internal validation of a multivariable prediction model for tinnitus recovery following unilateral cochlear implantation: a cross-sectional retrospective study.

ABSTRACT:

Objective

To develop and internally validate a prediction model for tinnitus recovery following unilateral cochlear implantation.

Design

A cross-sectional retrospective study.

Setting

A questionnaire concerning tinnitus was sent to patients with bilateral severe to profound hearing loss, who underwent unilateral cochlear implantation at the University Medical Center Utrecht, the Netherlands, between 1 January 2006 and 31 December 2015.

Participants

Of 137 included patients, 87 patients experienced tinnitus preoperatively. Data of these 87 patients were used to develop the prediction model.

Primary and secondary outcome measures

The outcome of the prediction model was tinnitus recovery. Investigated predictors were: age, gender, duration of deafness, preo

SUBMITTER: Ramakers GGJ 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6009556 | biostudies-literature | 2018 Jun

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature