Individual Differences in Speech Recognition Changes After Cochlear Implantation.

ABSTRACT:

Importance

Cochlear implantation is highly effective at improving hearing outcomes, but results have been limited to groupwise analysis. That is, limited data are available for individual patients that report comparisons of preoperative aided speech recognition and postimplantation speech recognition.

Objective

To assess changes in preoperative aided vs postoperative speech recognition scores for individual patients receiving cochlear implants when considering the measurement error for each speech recognition test.

Design, setting, and participants

This cross-sectional study used a prospectively maintained database of patients who received cochlear implants between January 1, 2012, and December 31, 2017, at a tertiary, university-based referral center. Adults with bil

SUBMITTER: Dornhoffer JR 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7791403 | biostudies-literature | 2021 Mar

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature