International survey of bimodal hearing and bilateral cochlear implant service provision for adults.

IF 1.4 Q2 OTORHINOLARYNGOLOGY

COCHLEAR IMPLANTS INTERNATIONAL Pub Date : 2024-07-01 Epub Date: 2024-11-01 DOI:10.1080/14670100.2024.2413267

Manal Alfakhri, Nicole Campbell, Ben Lineton, Daniel Rowan, Patrick Boyle

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Abstract

Objectives: As cochlear implant (CI) criteria widen, more candidates with usable residual hearing are being considered for a CI. Unlike children, adults mostly receive only one implant. The aim of this survey was to determine bimodal-hearing and bilateral CI service provision for adults around the world. This survey offers the backdrop against which future clinical practice and service delivery can be considered.

Methods: CI professionals from across the world were invited to participate in an international multicentre survey. The online questionnaire was circulated to CI professionals in 75 countries. There were 64 respondents, representing 25 countries across five world regions.

Results: In this sample, adult CI users most had unilateral CI (74.5%) and only 25.5% were bilateral CI users. Some 54% of unilateral CI users used a hearing aid (HA) in the non-implanted ear. Funding for a second implant or HA was not well supported for adult unilateral CI users, and there was no clear practice guidance for fitting and maintaining the contralateral HA in most regions.

Conclusions: CI professionals recognised the value of fitting contralateral HAs at CI services, with audiology departments and private HA dispensers playing an ongoing role in general maintenance and support.

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关于为成人提供双模听力和双侧人工耳蜗服务的国际调查。

目的：随着人工耳蜗（CI）标准的扩大，越来越多具有可用残余听力的患者被考虑植入人工耳蜗。与儿童不同，成年人大多只接受一种植入方式。本次调查的目的是确定世界各地为成人提供的双模听力和双侧 CI 服务。这项调查为考虑未来的临床实践和服务提供提供了背景：方法：邀请世界各地的 CI 专业人员参与一项国际多中心调查。在线调查问卷已分发给 75 个国家的 CI 专业人员。共有 64 名受访者，代表了全球 5 个地区的 25 个国家：在该样本中，大多数成人 CI 用户使用单侧 CI（74.5%），只有 25.5% 是双侧 CI 用户。约 54% 的单侧 CI 用户在非植入耳使用助听器 (HA)。对于成年单侧 CI 用户来说，资助他们进行第二次植入或使用助听器的情况并不理想，而且在大多数地区，对于对侧助听器的安装和维护也没有明确的实践指导：CI 专业人员认识到在 CI 服务机构安装对侧人工耳蜗的价值，听力部门和私人人工耳蜗配发商在一般维护和支持方面发挥着持续作用。

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COCHLEAR IMPLANTS INTERNATIONAL Medicine-Otorhinolaryngology

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期刊介绍： Cochlear Implants International was founded as an interdisciplinary, peer-reviewed journal in response to the growing number of publications in the field of cochlear implants. It was designed to meet a need to include scientific contributions from all the disciplines that are represented in cochlear implant teams: audiology, medicine and surgery, speech therapy and speech pathology, psychology, hearing therapy, radiology, pathology, engineering and acoustics, teaching, and communication. The aim was to found a truly interdisciplinary journal, representing the full breadth of the field of cochlear implantation.