Cochlear Implant Outcomes in Prelingually Deafened Adults with and without Sound Deprivation: Are There Differences in Quality of Life?

Andrea Canale; Francesco Macocco; Drita Ndrev; Giulia Gabella; Gitana Scozzari; Roberto Albera; Giancarlo Pecorari; Andrea Albera

doi:10.12659/MSM.930232

18 May 2021 : Database Analysis

Cochlear Implant Outcomes in Prelingually Deafened Adults with and without Sound Deprivation: Are There Differences in Quality of Life?

Andrea Canale^1ADE*, Francesco Macocco^1BDEF, Drita Ndrev^1BDEF, Giulia Gabella^1BF, Gitana Scozzari^2CE, Roberto Albera^1ADE, Giancarlo Pecorari^1DE, Andrea Albera^3ABDE

DOI: 10.12659/MSM.930232

Med Sci Monit 2021; 27:e930232

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Table 2 Distribution of patients in relation to speech recognition scores.

SRS	TOTAL (n=46)	PRE-LG (n=23)	POST-LG (n=22)
10	1/45 (2.2%)	1/23 (4.4%)	0
20	3/45 (6.7%)	3/23 (13.0%)	0
30	4/45 (8.9%)	3/23 (13.0%)	1/22 (4.6%)
40	1/45 (2.2%)	1/23 (4.4%)	0
50	1/45 (2.2%)	1/23 (4.4%)	0
60	2/45 (4.4%)	0	2/22 (9.1%)
70	0	0	0
80	8/45 (17.8%)	6/23 (26.1%)	2/22 (9.1%)
90	9/45 (20.0%)	5/23 (21.7%)	4/22 (18.2%)
100	16/45 (35.6%)	3/23 (13.0%)	13/22 (59.1%)
SRS – Speech Recognition Score; PRE-LG – pre-lingually deafened patients; POST-LG – post-lingually deafened patients.

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