Harkonen , K , Kivekas , I , Kotti , V , Sivonen , V & Vasama , J-P 2017 , ' Hybrid cochlear implantation : quality of life, quality of hearing, and working performance compared to patients with conventional unilateral or bilateral cochlear implantation ' , European Archives of Oto-Rhino-Laryngology , vol. 274 , no. 10 , pp. 3599-3604 . https://doi.org/10.1007/s00405-017-4690-9
Title: | Hybrid cochlear implantation : quality of life, quality of hearing, and working performance compared to patients with conventional unilateral or bilateral cochlear implantation |
Author: | Harkonen, Kati; Kivekas, Ilkka; Kotti, Voitto; Sivonen, Ville; Vasama, Juha-Pekka |
Contributor organization: | University of Helsinki Department of Ophthalmology and Otorhinolaryngology Clinicum HUS Head and Neck Center |
Date: | 2017-10 |
Language: | eng |
Number of pages: | 6 |
Belongs to series: | European Archives of Oto-Rhino-Laryngology |
ISSN: | 0937-4477 |
DOI: | https://doi.org/10.1007/s00405-017-4690-9 |
URI: | http://hdl.handle.net/10138/245626 |
Abstract: | The objective of the present study is to evaluate the effect of hybrid cochlear implantation (hCI) on quality of life (QoL), quality of hearing (QoH), and working performance in adult patients, and to compare the long-term results of patients with hCI to those of patients with conventional unilateral cochlear implantation (CI), bilateral CI, and single-sided deafness (SSD) with CI. Sound localization accuracy and speech-in-noise test were also compared between these groups. Eight patients with high-frequency sensorineural hearing loss of unknown etiology were selected in the study. Patients with hCI had better long-term speech perception in noise than uni- or bilateral CI patients, but the difference was not statistically significant. The sound localization accuracy was equal in the hCI, bilateral CI, and SSD patients. QoH was statistically significantly better in bilateral CI patients than in the others. In hCI patients, residual hearing was preserved in all patients after the surgery. During the 3.6-year follow-up, the mean hearing threshold at 125-500 Hz decreased on average by 15 dB HL in the implanted ear. QoL and working performance improved significantly in all CI patients. Hearing outcomes with hCI are comparable to the results of bilateral CI or CI with SSD, but hearing in noise and sound localization are statistically significantly better than with unilateral CI. Interestingly, the impact of CI on QoL, QoH, and working performance was similar in all groups. |
Subject: |
Hybrid cochlear implant
Quality of life Working ability Quality of hearing Residual hearing ELECTRIC-ACOUSTIC STIMULATION SPEECH-PERCEPTION PRESERVATION OUTCOMES 3125 Otorhinolaryngology, ophthalmology |
Peer reviewed: | Yes |
Usage restriction: | openAccess |
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