Meta-analysis of quality-of-life improvement after cochlear implantation and associations with speech recognition abilities.

Theodore R McRackanMichael BauschardJonathan L HatchEmily Franko-TobinH Richard DroghiniShaun A NguyenJudy R Dubno

Published in: The Laryngoscope (2017)

Using hearing-specific and CI-specific measures of QOL, patients report significantly improved QOL after cochlear implantation. However, widely used clinical measures of speech recognition are poor predictors of patient-reported QOL with CIs. Laryngoscope, 128:982-990, 2018.

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