Hearing Preservation Surgery for Cochlear Implantation—Hearing and Quality of Life After 2 Years

To assess the efficacy, quality of life, and complication rate of cochlear implantation in patients over 60 years of age, we performed a retrospective chart review of 31 cochlear implant patients more than 60 years old at the time of surgery (mean, 70 years; range, 62 to 86 years). All patients had improvement in their audiological test results after operation. Twenty-eight patients (93%) are regular implant users at a median follow-up of 12 months. Major complications occurred in 2 patients (6%). We conclude that cochlear implantation in the elderly population has excellent results, with a complication rate similar to that in patients less than 60 years old, and yields an improved quality of life.

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Cochlear Implantation and Quality of Life in Deafness

10.1007/springerreference_73555 ◽

2012 ◽

Keyword(s):

Quality Of Life ◽

Cochlear Implantation

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Long-term Implant Usage and Quality-of-Life in Sequential Bilateral Pediatric Cochlear Implantation

Otology & Neurotology ◽

10.1097/mao.0000000000002439 ◽

2020 ◽

Vol 41 (1) ◽

pp. 39-44 ◽

Cited By ~ 1

Author(s):

David Low ◽

David Shipp ◽

Karen Gordon ◽

Maya Kuroiwa-Rivero ◽

Sharon Cushing ◽

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Keyword(s):

Quality Of Life ◽

Cochlear Implantation

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Cochlear Implantation for Single-Sided Deafness: A New Treatment Paradigm

Journal of Neurological Surgery Part B Skull Base ◽

10.1055/s-0038-1677482 ◽

2019 ◽

Vol 80 (02) ◽

pp. 178-186 ◽

Cited By ~ 8

Author(s):

Daniel Zeitler ◽

Michael Dorman

Keyword(s):

Quality Of Life ◽

Cochlear Implantation ◽

Pediatric Population ◽

Binaural Hearing ◽

Music Appreciation ◽

Speech Understanding In Noise ◽

Treatment Paradigm ◽

New Treatment ◽

Single Sided Deafness

AbstractUnilateral severe-to-profound sensorineural hearing loss (SNHL), also known as single sided deafness (SSD), is a problem that affects both children and adults, and can have severe and detrimental effects on multiple aspects of life including music appreciation, speech understanding in noise, speech and language acquisition, performance in the classroom and/or the workplace, and quality of life. Additionally, the loss of binaural hearing in SSD patients affects those processes that rely on two functional ears including sound localization, binaural squelch and summation, and the head shadow effect. Over the last decade, there has been increasing interest in cochlear implantation for SSD to restore binaural hearing. Early data are promising that cochlear implantation for SSD can help to restore binaural functionality, improve quality of life, and may faciliate reversal of neuroplasticity related to auditory deprivation in the pediatric population. Additionally, this new patient population has allowed researchers the opportunity to investigate the age-old question “what does a cochlear implant (CI) sound like?.”

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