We review the current evidence to determine if cochlear implantation is an effective intervention for auditory rehabilitation after vestibular schwannoma treatment.
When Should Adults with Bilateral Hearing Loss Be Referred for Cochlear Implant Evaluation?
Many patients who would likely benefit from implantation are never referred due to poor regional access, and, perhaps most importantly, lack of established CIE referral guidelines.
Is Bilateral Cochlear Implantation Cost-Effective Compared to Unilateral Cochlear Implantation?
Cost-effectiveness varies between adults and children.
Do Perioperative Systemic Corticosteroids Improve Cochlear Implant Hearing Preservation?
There is evidence that steroid use may be beneficial to improve hearing preservation.
Do Patients With Dementia Benefit From Cochlear Implantation?
Newer studies assess the effect of cochlear implants on independent risk factors for dementia associated with hearing loss, including cognition, depression, and physical activity.
Are Cochlear Implants a Viable Option Following Temporal Bone Fracture?
Temporal bone fractures occur in up to 20% of patients who sustain a skull fracture.
Benefits of Cochlear Implants in Single-Sided Deafness Patients
There was an improvement in health-related quality of life and a reduction of tinnitus and cognitive distress in patients with SSD after cochlear implantation.
Audiologists Miss Many Candidates for Cochlear Implants
Many adult patients who are good candidates for cochlear implants are missed because of significant variation among audiologists in how patients are preoperatively assessed and unfamiliarity with the most current criteria for identifying patients, a new survey reports. The survey included responses from 92 US audiologists and the results show a wide variability in their […]
Intracochlear Fibrosis After Cochlear Implant Limits Success
A look at what we know about intracochlear fibrosis and the foreign body response following cochlear implantation (CI)?
Does Cochlear Implantation Improve Cognitive Function?
New cochlear impant users consistently demonstrate improvements in attention, episodic, and working memory, as well as processing speed, even after as little as 6 months experience with their devices.