Table 3. Postoperative outcome measures reported.
| Prospective studies | Audibility of cochlear implant | Daily implant user | Postoperative measures | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rooth et al 17 | Y | Y | Consonant-nucleus-consonant AZ-Bio sentences Sound localization Spatial and qualities of hearing scale Tinnitus handicap inventory |
|
| Y | Y | |||
| N | Y | |||
| Y | Y | |||
| Y | Y | |||
| Y | Y | |||
| N | Y | |||
| Sanna et al 16 | 11 y; 2 n | 90% wore 5–7 days per week | Vowel identification, disyllabic word recognition, sentence recognition with Bocca–Pellegrini sentence list, common phrases comprehension; binaural benefit- summation, squelch, and head shadow effects; sound localization; Bern benefit in single-sided deafness questionnaire; single-sided deafness questionnaire | |
| Case Studies | Audibility of cochlear implant | Daily implant user | Performance status a | Postoperative measures |
| Ahsan et al 19 | Y | NR b | Subjective | Subjective improvement |
| Aristegui and Denia 22 | Y | NR | HP | Vowel identification, disyllabic word recognition, daily words, sentences |
| Y | N | HP | ||
| Carlson et al 13 | Y | Y | LP | Consonant-nucleus-consonant; AzBio sentences; Bamford-Kowal-Bench sentence in noise test |
| Cruz and Vellutini 223 | Y | Y | HP | CI-aided PTA c ; monosyllable discrimination; open set sentence discrimination |
| DeHart et al 14 | Y | Y | HP | CI-aided PTA; consonant-nucleus-consonant; AzBio sentences |
| Tran Ba Huy et al 24 | Y | Y | HP | Open-set word; open-set sentences; phone with/without contextual clues |
| Kim et al 20 | Y | Y | NR | CI-aided PTA; Korean hearing in noise test |
| NR | Y | NR | CI-aided PTA | |
| Lloyd et al 18 | Y | Y | HP | CI-aided PTA; Bamford-Kowal-Bench sentences |
| Y | Y | LP | CI-aided PTA; Bamford-Kowal-Bench sentences | |
| Y | Y | IP | CI-aided PTA; Bamford-Kowal-Bench sentences; City University of New York sentences | |
| NR | NR | NR | Subjective improvement | |
| Neff et al 25 | Y | y | HP | Central Institute for the Deaf Sentences; hearing in noise sentences; four-choice Spondee |
| Dos Santos Neto et al 21 | Y | Y | NR | Ling sound test; vocabulary extension |
| Ozdek et al 29 | N | N | LP | CI-aided PTA; closed-set disyllabic words recognition; sentence recognition |
| Plontke et al 28 | Y | Y | IP | Monosyllable word recognition score |
| Y | Y | IP | ||
| Y | Y | LP | ||
| Vincenti et al 27 | Y | Y | IP to HP | Vowel identification, consonant identification, disyllabic word recognition, sentences, common phrases |
| Zanetti et al 26 | Y | Y | HP | Disyllabic word recognition |
Abbreviations: CI, cochlear implantation; PTA, pure tone average.
a
Open-set speech discrimination scores with percent correct, HP, high performance (67–100%), IP, intermediate performance (34–66%), LP, low performance (0–33%).
b
Not reported.
c
Cochlear implant-aided PTA.