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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2017 Sep 1.
Published in final edited form as: Hear Res. 2016 Jun 29;339:132–141. doi: 10.1016/j.heares.2016.06.015

Table 1.

Demographics of cases studied.

Case Age at
death
(years)
/sex		 Otologic disease Age at
onset of
hearing loss
(years)		 Age at
onset of
deafness
(years)		 Cochlear implant Implanted
ear		 Postoperative
word recognition
score
(CNC, %)		 Age at the
last-recorded
word recognition
score
(years)		 Age at
implant
(years)		 Duration of
implantation
(months)
1 94/F Genetic (suspected) 56 82 Advanced Bionics CII + P AD 10* 90 82 143
2 89/F Presbycusis 60 79 Advanced Bionics CII AS 10 87 80 97
3 82/M Presbycusis/
Noise exposure		 45 61 Advanced Bionics CII + P AS 15 82 73 105
4 96/M Genetic (suspected) 50 90 Nucleus Freedom AD 20 93 91 61
5 66/M Mondini’s deformity 8 40 Nucleus 22 AS 26 64 47 223
6 57/M Superficial siderosis 36 51 Nucleus 24 AD 28 51 51 80
7 84/F Presbycusis 63 71 Nucleus 22 AD 34** 78 72 151
8 83/M Otosclerosis 16 52 Nucleus 22 AS 36 72 60 276
9 89/F Genetic (suspected) 30 72 Nucleus 24 contour AS 41 84 79 127
10 82/F Chronic otitis media/
ISSNHL		 36 72 Advanced Bionics CII AS 44 81 74 102
11 81/F ISSNHL 29 29 Nucleus 22 AD 54 79 60 354
12 89/M Unknown 57 72 Nucleus 24 contour AD 54 88 83 68
13 71/F Bulbar polio/ISSNHL 9 59 Nucleus 24 contour AD 56 70 59 139
14 83/M Meniere’s syndrome 65 71 Nucleus 24 AD 57 79 71 147
15 88/M Meniere’s syndrome/
Noise exposure		 26 70 Nucleus 24 contour AD 60 84 82 74
16 74/F Otosclerosis 6 53 Advanced Bionics CII + P AS 66 69 66 95
17 89/M Genetic (suspected)/
Noise exposure		 25 85 Advanced Bionics
Hi Res 90K		 AD 74 86 86 33
Average 82 36 65 40 79 72 134

AS indicates left; AD, right; F, female; M, male; P, Positioner; CNC, Consonant-Vowel Nucleus-Consonant Word Test; ISSNHL, idiopathic sudden sensorineural hearing loss.

*

Estimated CNC score based on HINT (Hearing In Noise Test) score.

**

NU6 (Northwestern University Auditory Test #6) score