Cochlear implant (CI) surgeons are faced with the increasingly difficult task of choosing the “right” device despite a growing number of choices and conflicting evidence regarding the relative importance of various anatomic, surgical, and device-specific factors.
The language outcomes for those implanted after the age of 1 year decline as the age of implantation increases.
There is no consensus on when and which imaging modality should be employed to assess adult CI candidates with postlingual deafness
A new computer program may be able to predict which children with hearing loss treated with cochlear implants will develop effective language skills after implantation.
Timeline of pivotal advances in CI technology from 1957 through 2000
Research suggests bilateral implants should be placed simultaneously when feasible
Screening allows for early detection of hearing impairment; has led to more children implanted at a younger age
Otolaryngologists at Triological Combined Sections Meeting debate when it’s best to perform these procedures
What happens in the brains of musicians may hold answers to ways to treat people with hearing loss
Does the choice of health utility measure affect the incremental cost-utility ratio (ICUR) when assessing the cost-effectiveness of bilateral cochlear implantation (CI)?