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Case-Control Analysis of Cochlear Implant Performance in the Elderly

✍ Scribed by Christina L. Runge-Samuelson; Humera F. Baig; Jamie W. Jensen; P. Ashley Wackym; David R. Friedland

Publisher
John Wiley and Sons
Year
2009
Tongue
English
Weight
188 KB
Volume
119
Category
Article
ISSN
0023-852X

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✦ Synopsis

Irrespective of age, geriatric and younger implant candidates perform better on speech perception tests with a cochlear implant than with their hearing aids.

β€’ Within the geriatric population, cochlear implantation at a later age portends worse postoperative performance when listening in noise.

β€’ Central processing issues associated with age may explain the differences in performance between geriatric and younger cochlear implant patients.

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