Health-Related Quality of Life in Adult Cochlear Implant Users: A Descriptive Observational Study | Zendy

Ángel RamosMacías | Zendy; Juan Carlos Falcón González | Zendy; Silvia Borkoski Barreiro | Zendy; Ángel Ramos de Miguel | Zendy; David Simón Batista | Zendy; Daniel Pérez Plasencia | Zendy

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Health-Related Quality of Life in Adult Cochlear Implant Users: A Descriptive Observational Study

Author(s) -

Ángel RamosMacías,

Juan Carlos Falcón González,

Silvia Borkoski Barreiro,

Ángel Ramos de Miguel,

David Simón Batista,

Daniel Pérez Plasencia

Publication year - 2016

Publication title -

audiology and neurotology

Language(s) - English

Resource type - Journals

SCImago Journal Rank - 1.106

H-Index - 78

eISSN - 1421-9700

pISSN - 1420-3030

DOI - 10.1159/000448353

Subject(s) - cochlear implant , audiology , quality of life (healthcare) , cochlear implantation , observational study , medicine , implant , psychology , surgery , nursing , pathology

Cochlear implantation has a significant impact on patients' social life, performance of activities, and self-esteem. The objective of this retrospective study was to assess the health-related quality of life of cochlear implant users aged under and over 60 years by a self-report using the Glasgow Health Status Inventory and the Abbreviated Profile of Hearing Aid Benefit. It was observed that quality of life values increased very rapidly straight after implantation regardless of age. Bilateral cochlear implant users showed better results in environments with background noise and in a reverberant room than unilateral cochlear implant users. Quality of life improved independently of hearing performance benefits for patients over 60 years at implantation.

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