Performance and self-perceived hearing impairment after cochlear implantation in Meniere's disease.

ABSTRACT:

Objective

Evaluation of the self-perceived hearing impairment and performance after cochlear implantation in patients with definite Menière's disease (MD).

Patients and methods

Seventeen unilaterally or bilaterally profoundly hearing-impaired patients suffering from MD who received a cochlear implantat (CI) were eligible for inclusion in this study. Their self-perceived hearing impairment using the short Speech Spatial and Qualities of Hearing Scale (SSQ12) as well as their performance in speech perception (German language Freiburger mono- and multisyllable test, Oldenburger sentence test) were compared with a best-matched control group of non-MD patients up to 24 months of follow-up.

Results

MD patients improved significantly in perception of monosyllables pre

SUBMITTER: Wrobel C 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8823173 | biostudies-literature | 2022 Feb

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature