QoL, CIs, Qalys, and Individualized Rehabilitation

The Clinical and Practical Benefits of Regularly Assessing the Quality of Life of Adult Cochlear Implant Recipients

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ID15513934
AuthorsLuis Lassaletta (0000-0001-9428-2149, Centre for Biomedical Network Research on Rare Diseases, corresponding author), Miryam Calvino (0000-0002-3301-2185, Instituto de Salud Carlos III), Isabel Sánchez‐Cuadrado (0000-0001-6687-4913, Hospital La Paz Institute for Health Research), Piotr Henryk Skarżyński (0000-0002-4978-1915, Institute of Physiology and Pathology of Hearing), Katarzyna B Cywka (0000-0003-1224-1074, Institute of Physiology and Pathology of Hearing), Natalia Czajka (0000-0003-1203-6679, Institute of Physiology and Pathology of Hearing), Justyna Kutyba (0000-0002-7828-3712, Institute of Physiology and Pathology of Hearing), Dayse Távora‐Vieira (0000-0001-6249-7268, Fiona Stanley Fremantle Hospitals Group), Paul Van de Heyning (0000-0002-8424-3717, Antwerp University Hospital), Griet Mertens (0000-0001-8621-0292, Antwerp University Hospital), Hinrich Staecker (0000-0002-0348-3015, University of Kansas Medical Center), Bryan Humphrey (University of Kansas Medical Center), Mario Zernotti (0000-0003-4288-2809, Fundacion Allende), Máximo Zernotti (0000-0003-3616-0324, Fundacion Allende), Astrid Magele (Universitätsklinikum St. Pölten), Marlene Ploder (Universitätsklinikum St. Pölten), Júlia Speranza Zabeu (Universidade de São Paulo)
Year2023
Volume20
Issue20
Pages6906-6906
Publication date2023-10-10
Peer ReviewedYes
Open AccessYes
TypeARTICLE
VenueInternational Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 1661-7827 • E-ISSN: 1660-4601
PublisherMultidisciplinary Digital Publishing Institute (PUBLISHER • CH)
DOI10.3390/ijerph20206906
PMID37887644
OpenAlexW4387497639
LanguageEN
References cited32

This study aimed to report quality of life (QoL) scores in unilateral cochlear implant (CI) users and to generate guidance for clinicians on using QoL measures to individualize CI counselling and rehabilitation and to increase access to CIs as a mode of rehabilitation. Participants (n = 101) were unilateral CI users with single-sided deafness (SSD; n = 17), asymmetrical hearing loss (AHL; n = 26), or bilateral hearing loss (Uni; n = 58). Generic QoL was assessed via the Health Utilities Index (HUI-3), and disease-specific QoL was assessed via the Speech, Spatial, and Qualities of Hearing scale (SSQ12) and Nijmegen CI Questionnaire (NCIQ) at preimplantation and at 6 and 12 months of CI use. All groups had significantly increased HUI-3 scores at both intervals. The SSD group showed significant benefit on the SSQ12 at visit 3, the AHL group showed significant benefit on the SSQ12 and most NCIQ subdomains at both intervals, and the Uni group showed significant benefit with both tests at both intervals. Unilateral CI recipients demonstrate improved QoL within the first 12 months of device use. Regular assessment with generic and disease-specific questionnaires has the potential to play an important role in personalizing treatment and possibly in increasing access to CI provision

Audiology · Cochlear implant · Cochlear implantation · Hearing loss · Physical therapy · Quality of life (healthcare · Hearing Impairment and Communication · Hearing Loss and Rehabilitation · Hearing, Cochlea, Tinnitus, Genetics · Medicine · Rehabilitation

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