Next Article in Journal
Effect of Stimuli, Transducers and Gender on Acoustic Change Complex
Previous Article in Journal
Sensitivity of Cortical Auditory Evoked Potential Detection for Hearing-Impaired Infants in Response to Short Speech Sounds
 
 
Search for Articles:
Title / Keyword
Author / Affiliation / Email
Journal
Article Type
 
 
Advanced Search
 
Section
Special Issue
Volume
Issue
Number
Page
 
Journals
Audiology Research
Volume 2
Issue 1
10.4081/audiores.2012.e12
audiolres-logo
Submit to this Journal Review for this Journal Propose a Special Issue
► Article Menu

Article Menu

share Share announcement Help format_quote Cite question_answer Discuss in SciProfiles thumb_up
...
Endorse textsms
...
Comment
Audiology Research is published by MDPI from Volume 10 Issue 2 (2020). Previous articles were published by another publisher in Open Access under a CC-BY (or CC-BY-NC-ND) licence, and they are hosted by MDPI on mdpi.com as a courtesy and upon agreement with PAGEPress.
first_page
settings
Order Article Reprints
Font Type:
Arial Georgia Verdana
Font Size:
Aa Aa Aa
Line Spacing:
Column Width:
Background:
Article

Indication Criteria for Cochlear Implants and Hearing Aids: Impact of Audiological and Non-Audiological Findings

by
Sabine Haumann
1,*,
Volker Hohmann
2,3,
Markus Meis
2,
Tobias Herzke
2,
Thomas Lenarz
1 and
Andreas Büchner
1
1
Medical University of Hannover, Department of Otorhinolaryngology, Hannover, Germany
2
HoerTech Center of Competence, Oldenburg, Germany
3
Carl von Ossietzky University, Department of Medical Physics, Oldenburg, Germany
*
Author to whom correspondence should be addressed.
Audiol. Res. 2012, 2(1), e12; https://doi.org/10.4081/audiores.2012.e12
Submission received: 22 September 2011 / Revised: 27 March 2012 / Accepted: 18 April 2012 / Published: 14 August 2012

Abstract

Owing to technological progress and a growing body of clinical experience, indication criteria for cochlear implants (CI) are being extended to less severe hearing impairments. It is, therefore, worth reconsidering these indication criteria by introducing novel testing procedures. The diagnostic evidence collected will be evaluated. The investigation includes postlingually deafened adults seeking a CI. Prior to surgery, speech perception tests [Freiburg Speech Test and Oldenburg sentence (OLSA) test] were performed unaided and aided using the Oldenburg Master Hearing Aid (MHA) system. Linguistic skills were assessed with the visual Text Reception Threshold (TRT) test, and general state of health, socio-economic status (SES) and subjective hearing were evaluated through questionnaires. After surgery, the speech tests were repeated aided with a CI. To date, 97 complete data sets are available for evaluation. Statistical analyses showed significant correlations between postsurgical speech reception threshold (SRT) measured with the adaptive OLSA test and pre-surgical data such as the TRT test (r=-0.29), SES (r=-0.22) and (if available) aided SRT (r=0.53). The results suggest that new measures and setups such as the TRT test, SES and speech perception with the MHA provide valuable extra information regarding indication for CI.
Keywords: cochlear implant; medical audiology; psychoacoustics/hearing science; speech perception cochlear implant; medical audiology; psychoacoustics/hearing science; speech perception

Share and Cite

MDPI and ACS Style

Haumann, S.; Hohmann, V.; Meis, M.; Herzke, T.; Lenarz, T.; Büchner, A. Indication Criteria for Cochlear Implants and Hearing Aids: Impact of Audiological and Non-Audiological Findings. Audiol. Res. 2012, 2, e12. https://doi.org/10.4081/audiores.2012.e12

AMA Style

Haumann S, Hohmann V, Meis M, Herzke T, Lenarz T, Büchner A. Indication Criteria for Cochlear Implants and Hearing Aids: Impact of Audiological and Non-Audiological Findings. Audiology Research. 2012; 2(1):e12. https://doi.org/10.4081/audiores.2012.e12

Chicago/Turabian Style

Haumann, Sabine, Volker Hohmann, Markus Meis, Tobias Herzke, Thomas Lenarz, and Andreas Büchner. 2012. "Indication Criteria for Cochlear Implants and Hearing Aids: Impact of Audiological and Non-Audiological Findings" Audiology Research 2, no. 1: e12. https://doi.org/10.4081/audiores.2012.e12

APA Style

Haumann, S., Hohmann, V., Meis, M., Herzke, T., Lenarz, T., & Büchner, A. (2012). Indication Criteria for Cochlear Implants and Hearing Aids: Impact of Audiological and Non-Audiological Findings. Audiology Research, 2(1), e12. https://doi.org/10.4081/audiores.2012.e12

Article Metrics

Back to TopTop