Ellen Andries, Artur Lorens, Piotr Henryk Skarżyński, Henryk Skarżyński, Miryam Calvino, Javier Gavilán, Luis Lassaletta, Dayse Tavora-Vieira, Aanand Acharya, Anja Kurz, Rudolf Hagen, Ilona Anderson, Karin Koinig, Yassin Abdelsamad, Paul Van de Heyning, Vincent Van Rompaey, Griet Mertens
PURPOSE: To study outcome after cochlear implantation using the Cochlear Implant (CI) outcome assessment protocol based on the International Classification of Functioning, Disability and Health (ICF) model (CI-ICF). METHODS: Raw data of a prospective, longitudinal, multicenter study was analyzed. Seventy-two CI candidates were assessed preoperatively and six months postoperatively using the CI-ICF protocol. Following tools were used: (1) Work Rehabilitation Questionnaire (WORQ), (2) Abbreviated Profile of Hearing Aid Benefit (APHAB), (3) Audio Processor Satisfaction Questionnaire (APSQ), (4) Speech, Spatial, and Qualities of Hearing Scale (SSQ12), (5) Hearing Implant Sound Quality Index (HISQUI19), (6) Nijmegen CI Questionnaire (NCIQ) (7) pure tone audiometry, (8) speech audiometry, (9) sound localization...
April 4, 2024: European Archives of Oto-rhino-laryngology