Cochlear implant in the elderly: Results and quality of life assessment

Cochlear implant outcomes and quality of life in the elderly: Manchester experience over 13 years1

“…This might be because of compromised blood supply and poorer healing in older individuals 15 . Our complication rate compared favourably with those reported by Djalilian et al 19 …”

Audiovisual Speech Perception in Elderly Cochlear Implant Recipients

“…1,2 Additionally, mean speech perception scores for this population are very similar to the scores obtained from younger adult implant recipients. 1,3,4 However, the specific communication requirements of the older cochlear implant population has not been adequately examined and defined. Considering that the number of individuals over the age of 65 is dramatically increasing (U.S. Administration on Aging) and that individuals within this population are at significant risk for a hearing loss (HL), 5 further exploration into the area of auditory processing in the aging cochlear implant population seems warranted.…”

“…Previous studies examining the benefit that elderly profoundly deaf individuals receive from their cochlear implant also have found that auditory‐only speech recognition for both words and sentences significantly improves after 12 months of cochlear implant use 1,2 . Chatelin et al 2 reported that in a group of 65 cochlear implant recipients over the age of 70, CNC word scores were 36%, and Central Institute for the Deaf (CID) sentence scores were 61%.…”

“…Evidence has suggested that older profoundly deaf individuals can significantly improve their speech perception performance after receiving a cochlear implant 1,2 . Additionally, mean speech perception scores for this population are very similar to the scores obtained from younger adult implant recipients 1,3,4 . However, the specific communication requirements of the older cochlear implant population has not been adequately examined and defined.…”

“…It is known that on average, older recipients perform similarly to their younger adult counterparts on tests of word recognition in controlled listening environments. 1,3,4 However, it is not known how auditory and visual speech information is integrated within the central nervous system for elderly compared with younger adult cochlear implant recipients, and in addition, how these multimodal factors contribute to communication skills. The main objectives of this study, therefore, were to complete a retrospective examination of the speech perception skills of a younger and older group of cochlear implant recipients and to determine the contributions that both auditory and visual information provide for overall speech perception performance in these two populations.…”