Auditory capabilities of single-channel cochlear implant patients. Etiologic considerations.
The clinical audiometric test results from 53 postlingually deafened adults using the House single-channel cochlear implant were analyzed according to cause of deafness (otosclerosis, ototoxic drugs, meningitis, and trauma). With the exception of one measure, the routine clinical tests did not show a relationship between cause of deafness and performance with the cochlear implant. These findings suggest that, clinically, the single-channel cochlear implant is a viable prosthesis for patients with a wide variety of causes of deafness.
D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D003051:Cochlea; D003054:Cochlear Implants; D003638:Deafness / Q000209:etiology*; D006320:Hearing Tests; D006801:Humans; D008875:Middle Aged; D013063:Speech Discrimination Tests