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Self-assessment of unilateral and bimodal cochlear implant experiences in daily life.


ABSTRACT: Objective: The subjective experiences were assessed of cochlear implant (CI) users either wearing or not wearing a hearing aid (HA) at the contralateral ear.

Design: Unilateral CI-recipients were asked to fill out a set of daily-life questionnaires on bimodal HA use, hearing disability, hearing handicap and general quality of life.

Study sample: Twenty-six CI-recipients who regularly use a contralateral HA (bimodal group) and twenty-two CI-recipients who do not use a HA in the contralateral ear (unilateral group).

Results: Comparisons between both groups (bimodal versus unilateral) showed no difference in self-rated disability, hearing handicap or general quality of life. However within the group of bimodal listeners, participants did report a benefit of bimodal hearing ability in various daily life listening situations.

Conclusions: Bimodal benefit in daily life can consistently be experienced and reported within the group of bimodal users.

SUBMITTER: Devocht EMJ 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7714204 | biostudies-literature | 2020

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature

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Self-assessment of unilateral and bimodal cochlear implant experiences in daily life.

Devocht Elke M J EMJ   Janssen A Miranda L AML   Chalupper Josef J   Stokroos Robert J RJ   Kingma Herman H   George Erwin L J ELJ  

PloS one 20201203 12


<h4>Objective</h4>The subjective experiences were assessed of cochlear implant (CI) users either wearing or not wearing a hearing aid (HA) at the contralateral ear.<h4>Design</h4>Unilateral CI-recipients were asked to fill out a set of daily-life questionnaires on bimodal HA use, hearing disability, hearing handicap and general quality of life.<h4>Study sample</h4>Twenty-six CI-recipients who regularly use a contralateral HA (bimodal group) and twenty-two CI-recipients who do not use a HA in the  ...[more]

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