Table 1.

Clinical demographics

Subject	Etiology	Sex	Ear implanted	Age became deaf, years	Age implanted years	Age at death years	Years deaf	Years implanted	Months between implantation and last NU-6 test
1	Unknown	M	L(CL)	47	83	90	36	7	6
2	Temporal bone fracture	M	L (HS)→ L (N22)	47	53 (L), 57 (L)	67	6	14	14
3	Temporal bone fracture	M	R(I)→R(I)→R (N22)	71	71 (R), 72 (R), 75 (R)	88	0.25	17	30
4	Temporal bone fracture	M	R (N22)	65	65	67	0.5	2	25
5	Genetics	M	L (N24)	49	71	72	22	1	3
6	Mumps, chemotherapy	F	R(N22)→ R (N22)	72	75 (R), 76 (R)	79	3	4	16
7	Meningogenic labyrinthitis	M	R(I)	20	65	72	45	7	66
8	Unknown	F	R (N22)	71	82	85	11	3	144
9	Sudden SNHL	F	R (N22)	47	59	74	12	15	181
10	Otosclerosis	F	L (N24)	51	65	69	14	4	16
11	Meningogenic labyrinthitis	M	L(I)	60	68	71	8	3	25
12	Chronic otitis media	F	R(3M)→ R (N22)	50	65 (R), 74 (R)	80	15	15	60
13	Unknown	M	R (N24)	67	82	94	15	12	84
14	Otosclerosis	F	R(N22)→ L (N24)	56	56 (R), 69 (L)	73	0.17	12 (R), 4(L)	7
15	Otosclerosis	M	L(I)	65	74	84	9	10	117
16	Sudden SNHL	F	R(I)	38	40	55	2	15	155
17	Meningogenic labyrinthitis	M	R(NS)→ L (N22)	65	68 (R), 70 (L)	73	3	5	24
18	Unknown	F	L (N22)	child	54	64	54	10	20
19	Sudden SNHL	M	R(I)	20	30	47	10	17	144
20	Unknown	F	L (N24)	84	85	92	1	7	3
21	Ménière's disease	M	L (N22)	61	81	92	20	11	27
22	Schwannoma	M	R (N22)	50	59	70	9	11	26
23	Ménière's disease	M	R (N24)	67	67	70	0.17	3	10
24	Meningogenic labyrinthitis	M	L(I)	27	61	77	34	16	147
25	Unknown	M	R (N22)	47	77	84	30	7	48
26	Unknown	M	R (N22)	55	63	75	8	12	125
27	Unknown	M	L(CL)	68	72	78	4	6	28

N22 = Nucleus 22; N24 = Nucleus 24; CL = Clarion; I = Ineraid (Richards Symbion); NS = Nucleus single-channel device; HS = House single-channel device; 3M = 3M House single-channel device; SNHL = sensorineural hearing loss.