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Long-Term Functional Outcomes after 10 Years of Bilateral Cochlear Implantat Use

Robert Trotić
Mirjana Kostić
Mihael Ries
Petar Drviš
Jakov Ajduk
Igor Petrović


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str. 161-165

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The aims were to determine the benefit of bilateral cochlear implantation in a 20 years old patient implanted in Croatia on hearing and speech development. The male patient, after 10 years of deafness, got cochlear implants Med-EL Combi 40+ on both sides in one-stage surgery. The etiology of his deafness was posttraumatic meningitis. Auditory capacity and speech recognition tests were performed for both ears separately and together. Average hearing level on the right ear with right cochlear implant switched on started at 62 dB 1 month after the cochlear implantation and was on 55 dB after 10 years. Average hearing level on the left ear with left cochlear implant switched on started at 55 dB 1 month after the cochlear implantation and was on 32 dB after 10 years. Average hearing level on the both ears with 2 cochlear implants switched on started at 35 dB 1 month after the cochlear implantation and was on 27 dB after 10 years. Long- -term functional outcomes with bilateral cochlear implantation provides advantages over unilateral implantation including improved hearing level, speech perception in noise and improved sound localization.

Ključne riječi

hearing loss; deafness; Cochlear implant; hearing perception

Hrčak ID:

78807

URI

https://hrcak.srce.hr/78807

Datum izdavanja:

28.3.2012.

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