ArticleOtology & neurotology : official publication of the American Otological Society, American Neurotology Society [and] European Academy of Otology and Neurotology2018
Neurocognitive Factors Contributing to Cochlear Implant Candidacy.
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- Association of Patient-Related Factors With Adult Cochlear Implant Speech Recognition Outcomes: A Meta-analysis.JAMA otolaryngology-- head & neck surgery · 2020Pooled it
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- The influence of CI electrode array design on the preservation of residual hearing.Frontiers in neurology · 2025Article
- American Cochlear Implant Alliance Task Force: Recommendations for Determining Cochlear Implant Candidacy in Adults.The Laryngoscope · 2024Article
- Validation of the acoustic change complex (ACC) prediction model to predict speech perception in noise in adult patients with hearing loss: a study protocol.Diagnostic and prognostic research · 2024Article
- Comorbidity associated with worse outcomes in a population of limited cochlear implant performers.Laryngoscope investigative otolaryngology · 2023Article
- Listening-Based Communication Ability in Adults With Hearing Loss: A Scoping Review of Existing Measures.Frontiers in psychology · 2022Article
- Determining Cochlear Implant Candidacy in Adults: Limitations, Expansions, and Opportunities for Improvement.Seminars in hearing · 2021Review
- Speech Recognition as a Function of Age and Listening Experience in Adult Cochlear Implant Users.The Laryngoscope · 2021Article
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Abstract
hypothesisClinical adult cochlear implant (CI) candidacy evaluations rely heavily on measures of sentence recognition under the best-aided listening conditions. The hypothesis tested in this study was that nonauditory measures of neurocognitive processes would contribute to scores on preoperative sentence recognition for CI candidates, above and beyond hearing ability as assessed using pure-tone average (PTA). Support for this hypothesis would suggest that best-aided sentence recognition is not simply a measure of hearing ability; rather, neurocognitive functions contribute to performance and should be considered while counseling patients during CI candidacy evaluation about postoperative rehabilitative and outcome expectations.
backgroundNeurocognitive functions, such as working memory capacity, inhibition-concentration, information processing speed, and nonverbal reasoning contribute to aided speech recognition outcomes in adults with hearing loss. This study examined the roles of these neurocognitive factors on preoperative speech recognition performance in adults evaluated for CI candidacy.
methodsThirty-one postlingually deafened adult CI candidates were enrolled. Participants were assessed using nonauditory measures of working memory capacity, inhibition-concentration, information processing speed, and nonverbal reasoning. Measures of sentence recognition in quiet and in multitalker babble (AzBio sentences) as well as sentences from the City University of New York in quiet were collected under best-aided conditions.
resultsAzBio sentence recognition scores in babble were predicted significantly by scores of working memory capacity after accounting for PTA. Similarly, the City University of New York sentence recognition scores were predicted significantly by nonverbal reasoning after accounting for PTA.
conclusionsFindings support the idea that clinical measures of sentence recognition may be affected to varying degrees by neurocognitive functions, and these functions should be considered during evaluation for CI candidacy.
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