SynthesisBMC health services research2023
Cochlear implantation impact on health service utilisation and social outcomes: a systematic review.
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18 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it, 20 citations in OpenAlex.
- Effects of cochlear implantation on quality of life in patients with age-related hearing loss: a systematic review.Frontiers in neuroscience · 2026Pooled it
- Electrically evoked compound action potentials in adult and pediatric cochlear implant users: I. Cochlear nerve responsiveness and electrode-neuron interface index.Hearing research · 2026Article
- Living with Cochlear Implants (LivCI): development and validation of a new patient-reported outcome measure (PROM) of personal factors associated with living with cochlear implants.Health and quality of life outcomes · 2026Observational
- Depression risk after cochlear implantation compared with other rehabilitation strategies in severe hearing loss: a nationwide cohort study.Scientific reports · 2026Article
- Long-Term Auditory, Tinnitus, and Psychological Outcomes After Cochlear Implantation in Single-Sided Deafness: A Two-Year Prospective Study.Journal of clinical medicine · 2026Article
- Early tinnitus burden and subjective hearing are candidate markers of 2-year quality of life after cochlear implantation in single-sided deafness.Frontiers in neuroscience · 2026Article
- Health and social services utilisation of adults with a cochlear implant: evidence from a national person-level integrated data asset in Australia.BMC health services research · 2025Article
- Integrating Computational Modelling into the Ecosystem of Cochlear Implantation: Advancing Access to Diagnostics, Decision-Making, and Post-Implantation Outcomes on a Global Scale.Journal of clinical medicine · 2025Article
- Neuropsychological Assessments to Explore the Cognitive Impact of Cochlear Implants: A Scoping Review.Journal of clinical medicine · 2025Review
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- Personalizing Auditory Training: Understanding Individual Factors in Adult Cochlear Implant Users.Seminars in hearing · 2025Review
- A comprehensive analysis of MRI-related Cochlear implant adverse events reported by FDA's manufacturer and user facility device experience database.Laryngoscope investigative otolaryngology · 2025Article
- Evaluation of Quality of Life in Adults Following Cochlear Implantation.Iranian journal of otorhinolaryngology · 2025Article
- Do people with cognitive impairment benefit from cochlear implants? A scoping review.European archives of oto-rhino-laryngology : official journal of the European Federation of Oto-Rhino-Laryngological Societies (EUFOS) : affiliated with the German Society for Oto-Rhino-Laryngology - Head and Neck Surgery · 2024Article
- Holistic assessment of cochlear implant outcomes using the international classification of functioning disability and health model: data analysis of a longitudinal prospective multicenter study.European archives of oto-rhino-laryngology : official journal of the European Federation of Oto-Rhino-Laryngological Societies (EUFOS) : affiliated with the German Society for Oto-Rhino-Laryngology - Head and Neck Surgery · 2024Article
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- Assessing Hearing-Related Quality of Life in Adults With Hearing Loss: Validation of the German Cochlear Implant Quality of Life (CIQOL)-35 Profile.Trends in hearingArticle
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Abstract
backgroundHearing loss can have a negative impact on individuals' health and engagement with social activities. Integrated approaches that tackle barriers and social outcomes could mitigate some of these effects for cochlear implants (CI) users. This review aims to synthesise the evidence of the impact of a CI on adults' health service utilisation and social outcomes.
methodsFive databases (MEDLINE, Scopus, ERIC, CINAHL and PsychINFO) were searched from 1st January 2000 to 16 January 2023 and May 2023. Articles that reported on health service utilisation or social outcomes post-CI in adults aged ≥ 18 years were included. Health service utilisation includes hospital admissions, emergency department (ED) presentations, general practitioner (GP) visits, CI revision surgery and pharmaceutical use. Social outcomes include education, autonomy, social participation, training, disability, social housing, social welfare benefits, occupation, employment, income level, anxiety, depression, quality of life (QoL), communication and cognition. Searched articles were screened in two stages ̶̶̶ by going through the title and abstract then full text. Information extracted from the included studies was narratively synthesised.
resultsThere were 44 studies included in this review, with 20 (45.5%) cohort studies, 18 (40.9%) cross-sectional and six (13.6%) qualitative studies. Nine studies (20.5%) reported on health service utilisation and 35 (79.5%) on social outcomes. Five out of nine studies showed benefits of CI in improving adults' health service utilisation including reduced use of prescription medication, reduced number of surgical and audiological visits. Most of the studies 27 (77.1%) revealed improvements for at least one social outcome, such as work or employment 18 (85.7%), social participation 14 (93.3%), autonomy 8 (88.9%), education (all nine studies), perceived hearing disability (five out of six studies) and income (all three studies) post-CI. None of the included studies had a low risk of bias.
conclusionsThis review identified beneficial impacts of CI in improving adults' health service utilisation and social outcomes. Improvement in hearing enhanced social interactions and working lives. There is a need for large scale, well-designed epidemiological studies examining health and social outcomes post-CI.
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