Elderly patients benefit from cochlear implantation regarding auditory rehabilitation, quality of life, tinnitus, and stress

Objectives/Hypothesis: To determine the effect of cochlear implantation on quality of life, speech performance, tinnitus, perceived stress, and coping strategy in patients aged ≥70 years in comparison with younger patients. Study Design: Retrospective study. Methods: A total of 55 postlingually deaf...

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Published in:The Laryngoscope 2012-01, Vol.122 (1), p.196-203
Main Authors: Olze, Heidi, Gräbel, Stefan, Förster, Ulrike, Zirke, Nina, Huhnd, Laura E., Haupt, Heidemarie, Mazurek, Birgit
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Adult
age
Age Factors
Aged
Aged, 80 and over
Biological and medical sciences
Cochlear Implantation
Deafness - complications
Deafness - rehabilitation
Ear, auditive nerve, cochleovestibular tract, facial nerve: diseases, semeiology
health-related quality of life
Humans
Level of Evidence: 2b
Medical sciences
Middle Aged
Non tumoral diseases
Otorhinolaryngology. Stomatology
Quality of Life
Retrospective Studies
stress
Stress, Psychological - etiology
Stress, Psychological - therapy
tinnitus
Tinnitus - etiology
Tinnitus - therapy
Young Adult
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Summary:Objectives/Hypothesis: To determine the effect of cochlear implantation on quality of life, speech performance, tinnitus, perceived stress, and coping strategy in patients aged ≥70 years in comparison with younger patients. Study Design: Retrospective study. Methods: A total of 55 postlingually deafened adults who were unilaterally implanted with a multichannel cochlear implant for at least 6 months were included in the study. Twenty patients were aged ≥70 years (70–84 years), and 35 patients were
ISSN:0023-852X
1531-4995
DOI:10.1002/lary.22356