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Long-Term Device Satisfaction and Safety after Cochlear Implantation in Children

(1) Objectives: For full benefit in children implanted with a cochlear implant (CI), wearing the device all waking hours is necessary. This study focuses on the relationship between daily use and audiological outcomes, with the hypothesis that frequent daily device use coincides with high device sat...

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Autores principales: Urík, Milan, Šikolová, Soňa, Hošnová, Dagmar, Kruntorád, Vít, Bartoš, Michal, Jabandžiev, Petr
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: MDPI 2022
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC9410025/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/36013275
http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/jpm12081326
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author Urík, Milan
Šikolová, Soňa
Hošnová, Dagmar
Kruntorád, Vít
Bartoš, Michal
Jabandžiev, Petr
author_facet Urík, Milan
Šikolová, Soňa
Hošnová, Dagmar
Kruntorád, Vít
Bartoš, Michal
Jabandžiev, Petr
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description (1) Objectives: For full benefit in children implanted with a cochlear implant (CI), wearing the device all waking hours is necessary. This study focuses on the relationship between daily use and audiological outcomes, with the hypothesis that frequent daily device use coincides with high device satisfaction resulting in better functional gain (FG). Confounding factors such as implantation age, device experience and type of device were considered. (2) Results: Thirty-eight CI children (65 ears) were investigated. In total, 76.92% of the children were using their device for >12 h per day (h/d), 18.46% for 9–12 h/d, the remaining for 6–9 h/d and one subject reported 3 h/d. The revision rate up to the 90-month follow-up (F/U) was 4.6%. The mean FG was 59.00 ± 7.67 dB. The Audio Processor Satisfaction Questionnaire (APSQ) separated for single unit (SU) versus behind the ear (BTE) devices showed significantly better results for the latter in terms of wearing comfort (WC) (p = 0.00062). A correlation between device use and FG was found with a device experience of <2 years (n = 29; r(2) = 0.398), whereas no correlation was seen with ≥2 years of device experience (n = 36; r(2) = 0.0038). (3) Conclusion: This study found significant relationships between daily device use and FG, wearing comfort and long-term safety (90 months).
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spelling pubmed-94100252022-08-26 Long-Term Device Satisfaction and Safety after Cochlear Implantation in Children Urík, Milan Šikolová, Soňa Hošnová, Dagmar Kruntorád, Vít Bartoš, Michal Jabandžiev, Petr J Pers Med Article (1) Objectives: For full benefit in children implanted with a cochlear implant (CI), wearing the device all waking hours is necessary. This study focuses on the relationship between daily use and audiological outcomes, with the hypothesis that frequent daily device use coincides with high device satisfaction resulting in better functional gain (FG). Confounding factors such as implantation age, device experience and type of device were considered. (2) Results: Thirty-eight CI children (65 ears) were investigated. In total, 76.92% of the children were using their device for >12 h per day (h/d), 18.46% for 9–12 h/d, the remaining for 6–9 h/d and one subject reported 3 h/d. The revision rate up to the 90-month follow-up (F/U) was 4.6%. The mean FG was 59.00 ± 7.67 dB. The Audio Processor Satisfaction Questionnaire (APSQ) separated for single unit (SU) versus behind the ear (BTE) devices showed significantly better results for the latter in terms of wearing comfort (WC) (p = 0.00062). A correlation between device use and FG was found with a device experience of <2 years (n = 29; r(2) = 0.398), whereas no correlation was seen with ≥2 years of device experience (n = 36; r(2) = 0.0038). (3) Conclusion: This study found significant relationships between daily device use and FG, wearing comfort and long-term safety (90 months). MDPI 2022-08-18 /pmc/articles/PMC9410025/ /pubmed/36013275 http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/jpm12081326 Text en © 2022 by the authors. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/Licensee MDPI, Basel, Switzerland. This article is an open access article distributed under the terms and conditions of the Creative Commons Attribution (CC BY) license (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/).
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Bartoš, Michal
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url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC9410025/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/36013275
http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/jpm12081326
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