Importance Sensorineural hearing loss is the third leading cause of years lived with
disability worldwide. Cochlear implants may provide a viable alternative to hearing aids for …

Objectives: To investigate whether it is clinically effective and cost-effective to provide (i) a
unilateral cochlear implant for severely to profoundly deaf people (using or not using …

Objective: To evaluate changes in quality of life, anxiety, and depression after cochlear
implantation in adults. Design: Twenty-seven postlingually deafened adults who had …

Objectives: Cochlear implants are a standard therapy for deafness, yet the ability of
implanted patients to understand speech varies widely. To better understand this variability …

Purpose To determine whether older cochlear implant (CI) listeners differ from younger CI
listeners on measures of speech understanding, music perception, and health-related …

Objective: Examine the relationship between duration of unilateral deafness and speech
perception outcomes after cochlear implantation in adults with single-sided deafness …

Postoperative imaging plays a growing role in clinical studies concerning prognostic factors
in cochlear implantation. Indeed, intracochlear position of the cochlear implant has recently …

Vision restoration through retinal, optic nerve, and cortical implants is no longer just the stuff
of fantasy. The design and development of visual prostheses rapidly move from the …

Objective Outcomes in speech perception following cochlear implantation in adults vary
widely. Many studies have been carried out to identify and quantify factors that influence …

Objectives: The cost-effectiveness of bilateral cochlear implants in adults remains uncertain
despite established clinical benefits. In cost-effectiveness studies, benefit is often measured …