AAO-HNSF	American Academy of Otolaryngology–Head and Neck Surgery Foundation
ANOVA	Analysis of variance
ARHL	Age-related hearing loss
CAP	Categories of Auditory Performance
CI	Cochlear implant/cochlear implantation
CIQOL-10	Cochlear Implant Quality of Life–10 (10-item patient-reported outcome measure)
dB	Decibel
SD	Standard deviation
SNHL	Sensorineural hearing loss
SPSS	Statistical Package for the Social Sciences
WHO	World Health Organization
WHOQOL-BREF	World Health Organization Quality of Life–BREF (Brief Form)
WHOQOL-OLD	World Health Organization Quality of Life–Older Adults module