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Cochlear implantation in patients with asymmetric hearing loss: reporting and discussing the benefits in speech perception, speech reception threshold, squelch abilities, and patients’ reported outcomes

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  07 January 2022

F Forli ,
S Berrettini ,
L Bruschini ,
R Canelli  and
F Lazzerini Open the ORCID record for F Lazzerini [Opens in a new window]
F Forli*
Affiliation:
Otolaryngology, Audiology and Phoniatrics Unit, University of Pisa, Italy
S Berrettini
Affiliation:
Otolaryngology, Audiology and Phoniatrics Unit, University of Pisa, Italy Department of Clinical Science, Intervention and Technology, Karolinska Institutet, Stockholm, Sweden
L Bruschini
Affiliation:
Otolaryngology, Audiology and Phoniatrics Unit, University of Pisa, Italy
R Canelli
Affiliation:
Otolaryngology, Audiology and Phoniatrics Unit, University of Pisa, Italy
F Lazzerini
Affiliation:
Otolaryngology, Audiology and Phoniatrics Unit, University of Pisa, Italy
*
Author for correspondence: Dr Francesca Forli, ENT, Audiology and Phoniatrics Unit, Pisa University Hospital, Via Paradisa 2, 56120Pisa, Italy E-mail: francesca.forli@gmail.com
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Abstract

Objectives

This study presents the results obtained in a group of patients with asymmetric hearing loss undergoing cochlear implantation at our institution. Prognostic factors are discussed in relation to different rehabilitative approaches for asymmetric hearing loss remediation. The current literature is also discussed.

Methods

Nineteen adult patients with post-verbal asymmetric hearing loss were enrolled. The results were assessed by means of a speech perception test, completed in silence and with background noise, and a speech reception threshold test (Oldenburg Sentence Test). The subjectively perceived benefits were assessed using the Speech, Spatial and Qualities of Hearing Scale.

Results

Statistically significant improvements were achieved by all patients in terms of speech perception and speech reception threshold, and in subjective benefits.

Conclusion

The results confirm the literature findings which suggest that patients with asymmetric hearing loss generally gain substantial benefit from cochlear implantation because of the binaural input, with significant improvement in speech perception abilities in noise, speech reception threshold, and squelch abilities.

Keywords

Cochlear ImplantsHearing DisordersHearing Loss
Type
Main Article
Information
The Journal of Laryngology & Otology , Volume 136 , Issue 10 , October 2022 , pp. 964 - 969
Copyright
Copyright © The Author(s), 2022. Published by Cambridge University Press on behalf of J.L.O. (1984) LIMITED

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