Using Clinical Audiologic Measures to Determine Cochlear Implant Candidacy.

ABSTRACT:

Introduction

Only a small percentage (6-10%) of patients who are candidates receive cochlear implants (CIs). One potential reason contributing to low usage rates may be confusion regarding which patients to refer for CI evaluation. The extent to which information provided by standard clinical audiologic assessments is sufficient for selecting appropriate CI evaluation referrals is uncertain. The objective of this study is to evaluate the capacity of standard clinical audiologic measures to differentiate CI candidates from noncandidates.

Method

The study design is a retrospective review of a prospectively maintained CI database from a university-based tertiary medical center of 518 patients undergoing CI evaluations from 2012 to 2020. Each ear of each patient was treated as a

SUBMITTER: Reddy P 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9133005 | biostudies-literature | 2022

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature