Determining cochlear implant candidacy in adults: limitations, expansions, and opportunities for improvement

TA Zwolan, G Basura - Seminars in Hearing, 2021 - thieme-connect.com
The safety, efficacy, and success of cochlear implants (CIs) are well established and have
led to changes in criteria used by clinicians to determine who should receive a CI. Such …

Evolving criteria for adult and pediatric cochlear implantation

VV Varadarajan, SA Sydlowski, MM Li… - Ear, Nose & Throat …, 2021 - journals.sagepub.com
The indications for cochlear implantation have gradually expanded as advancements in
technology have evolved, resulting in improved audiologic outcomes for both adult and …

Expanded selection criteria in adult cochlear implantation

C Arnoldner, VYW Lin - Cochlear Implants International, 2013 - Taylor & Francis
Cochlear implantation has become the standard procedure for restoring substantial hearing
in the profoundly deaf. The excellent performance of most of the CI recipients coupled with …

Evidence for the expansion of pediatric cochlear implant candidacy

ML Carlson, DP Sladen, DS Haynes… - Otology & …, 2015 - journals.lww.com
Objective To test the hypothesis that children who are non-traditional cochlear implant
candidates, but are not making progress with appropriately fitted hearing aids and …

Evidence-based guidelines for recommending cochlear implantation for postlingually deafened adults

JR Leigh, M Moran, R Hollow… - International Journal of …, 2016 - Taylor & Francis
Objective: Adult selection criteria for cochlear implantation have been developed based on
analysis of the post-operative performance of a large group of postlingually deafened adults …

Cochlear implantation for unilateral deafness with and without tinnitus: a case series

D Távora‐Vieira, R Marino, J Krishnaswamy… - The …, 2013 - Wiley Online Library
Objectives/Hypothesis To investigate cochlear implantation (CI) in patients with unilateral
deafness with and without tinnitus. Study Design Prospective case series of patients …

Longitudinal outcomes of cochlear implantation and bimodal hearing in a large group of adults: A multicenter clinical study

D Kelsall, J Lupo, A Biever - American Journal of Otolaryngology, 2021 - Elsevier
Objective To evaluate speech understanding outcomes in a large adult cohort who
demonstrated poor hearing performance with well fit hearing aids in the unilateral and …

What influences decision-making for cochlear implantation in adults? Exploring barriers and drivers from a multistakeholder perspective

A Ebrahimi-Madiseh, RH Eikelboom, RJ Bennett… - Ear and …, 2020 - journals.lww.com
Objectives: To explore the factors influencing the uptake of cochlear implants in adults,
determine the impact of each factor, and to conceptualize the journey to implantation from a …

Factors predicting postoperative unilateral and bilateral speech recognition in adult cochlear implant recipients with acoustic hearing

K Plant, H McDermott, R Van Hoesel, P Dawson… - Ear and …, 2016 - journals.lww.com
Objectives: The first objective was to examine factors that could be predictive of
postoperative unilateral (cochlear implant alone) speech recognition ability in a group of …

Older individuals meeting medicare cochlear implant candidacy criteria in noise but not in quiet: are these patients improved by surgery?

JA Mudery, R Francis, H McCrary… - Otology & Neurotology, 2017 - journals.lww.com
Objective: To investigate postoperative hearing outcomes in older patients who qualified for
cochlear implant (CI) by Medicare criteria using AZBio sentence tests performed in noise but …