Table 1.

Participant demographics.

Participant	Gender	Age (years)	Implantation Age (years)	SES	Side of Implant	Hearing Aid	Etiology of Hearing Loss	Better ear PTA (dB HL)
1	F	65	54	24	Bilateral	No	Genetic progressive	120
2	F	66	62	35	Right	Yes	Progressive loss as adult, noise exposure	78.75
3	F	67	58	12	Right	Yes	Genetic, progressive as an adult	103.75
4	F	55	44	15	Left	No	Sudden, otosclerosis, progressive as an adult	120
5	M	70	65	30	Right	No	Genetic, progressive as an adult	88.75
6	M	60	52	36	bilateral	No	Measles	105
7	F	57	48	25	Right	Yes	Genetic, progressive as a child	82.5
8	M	79	76	48	Right	Yes	Progressive as adult, noise exposure	70
9	F	69	56	10.5	Bilateral	No	Otosclerosis, progressive as adult	112.5
10	M	55	50	30	Bilateral	No	Progressive loss as adult	120
11	F	76	68	30	Left	No	Progressive loss as adult, probable autoimmune	108.75
12	M	79	74	10	Left	No	Unknown	108.75
13	F	81	71	30	Right	No	Progressive as adult, sudden hearing loss	88.75
14	M	59	57	24	Bilateral	No	Sudden hearing loss	120
15	M	78	72	12.5	Bilateral	No	Progressive loss as adult	120
16	M	69	62	56	Bilateral	No	Genetic, progressive loss as child	120
17	F	50	35	32.5	Bilateral	No	Progressive loss as child	117.5
18	F	64	61	30	Right	No	Progressive loss as adult	103.75
19	F	67	58	9	Bilateral	No	Meniere’s disease	120
20	M	83	76	42	Right	Yes	Progressive loss as adult, noise exposure	68.75
21	F	73	67	15	Right	No	Progressive loss as child	98.75
22	M	76	73	49	Left	Yes	Progressive loss as adult, noise exposure	72.5
23	F	79	45	15	Right	Yes	Progressive loss as adult	57.5
24	M	74	72	64	Right	Yes	Congenital	92.5
25	M	66	60	18	Left	No	Meniere’s disease	80
26	M	77	75	15	Bilateral	No	Chronic ear infections, cholesteatoma	105
27	F	65	63	36	Right	No	Genetic, progressive as adult	86.25
28	F	62	59	14	Bilateral	No	Sepsis, ototoxic medications	95
29	M	80	79	9	Left	No	Genetic, progressive as adult, noise exposure	76.25
30	M	61	55	24	Right	Yes	Unknown	111.25
31	M	60	55	10.5	Left	No	Genetic, progressive as adult	115
32	F	64	59	24	Left	Yes	Progressive as a child	95
33	M	59	54	6	Right	No	Genetic, progressive as adult	108.75
34	M	57	55	6	right	No	Genetic, progressive as adult	101.25
35	M	65	38	12	Right	Yes	Progressive as adult, noise exposure	92.5
36	M	50	35	25	Bilateral	No	Genetic, progressive as adult	120
37	M	81	80	49	Left	Yes	Progressive as adult	75
38	M	70	68	42	Left	Yes	Progressive as adult	93.75
39	M	53	36	20	Bilateral	No	Progressive as adult	120
40	F	64	61	28	Right	Yes	Meniere’s disease	22.5
41	F	74	72	35	Left	Yes	Genetic, progressive as adult	60
42	M	68	65	30	Right	No	Progressive as adult, noise exposure	100

Notes: SES: socioeconomic status; PTA: pure-tone average across 500, 1000, 2000, and 4000 Hz; HL: hearing level