Luis Lassaletta, Miryam Calvino, Isabel Sanchez-Cuadrado, Piotr Henryk Skarzynski, Katarzyna B Cywka, Natalia Czajka, Justyna Kutyba, Dayse Tavora-Vieira, Paul Van de Heyning, Griet Mertens, Hinrich Staecker, Bryan Humphrey, Mario Zernotti, Maximo Zernotti, Astrid Magele, Marlene Ploder, Julia Speranza Zabeu
This study aimed to report quality of life (QoL) scores in unilateral cochlear implant (CI) users and to generate guidance for clinicians on using QoL measures to individualize CI counselling and rehabilitation and to increase access to CIs as a mode of rehabilitation. Participants (n = 101) were unilateral CI users with single-sided deafness (SSD; n = 17), asymmetrical hearing loss (AHL; n = 26), or bilateral hearing loss (Uni; n = 58). Generic QoL was assessed via the Health Utilities Index (HUI-3), and disease-specific QoL was assessed via the Speech, Spatial, and Qualities of Hearing scale (SSQ12) and Nijmegen CI Questionnaire (NCIQ) at preimplantation and at 6 and 12 months of CI use...
October 10, 2023: International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health