title: An aging concern: A retrospective study comparing the audiological and speech outcome measures along with the surgical and quality-of-life outcomes in a group of geriatric patients with those of an adult control group.
authors.forename: Amanda
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Speers
authors.forename: Asha
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: George
authors.forename: Joseph
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Toner
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D000375:Aging / Q000502:physiology*; D001299:Audiometry / Q000379:methods; D001309:Auditory Threshold / Q000502:physiology*; D016022:Case-Control Studies; D019929:Cochlear Implantation; D003054:Cochlear Implants / Q000523:psychology*; D005260:Female; D019456:Health Transition; D006319:Hearing Loss, Sensorineural / Q000209:etiology / Q000601:surgery*; D006801:Humans; D007494:Ireland; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D011788:Quality of Life; D012189:Retrospective Studies; D013067:Speech Perception / Q000502:physiology*; D011795:Surveys and Questionnaires; D016896:Treatment Outcome
keywords: Cochlear implant; Geriatric; Quality of life; Speech outcomes