Table I.
Cochlear Implant Participant Demographics
| Participant | Gender | Age (Years) | Implant Age (Years) | SES | Side of Implant | Contra lateral Hearing Aid Used | Etiology of Hearing Loss | Better Ear PTA (dB HL) |
Harvard Standard Sentence Recognition (% Correct Words) | PRESTO Sentence Recognition (% Correct Words) | CID Word Recognition (% Correct Words) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | F | 65 | 54 | 24 | Bilateral | No | Genetic | 120.0 | 89.8 | 87.9 | 92.0 |
| 2 | F | 66 | 62 | 35 | Right | Yes | Genetic/progressive as adult | 78.8 | 86.9 | 89.5 | 96.0 |
| 3 | F | 67 | 58 | 12 | Right | Yes | Genetic/progressive as adult | 103.8 | 88.1 | 71.9 | 74.0 |
| 4 | M | 70 | 65 | 30 | Right | No | Genetic/progressive as adult | 88.8 | 80.1 | 57.3 | 72.0 |
| 5 | F | 57 | 48 | 25 | Right | Yes | Genetic/progressive as child/adult | 82.5 | 83.1 | 84.4 | 90.0 |
| 6 | M | 79 | 76 | 48 | Right | Yes | Genetic/progressive as adult | 70.0 | 74.6 | 66.1 | 70.0 |
| 7 | F | 69 | 56 | 10.5 | Bilateral | No | Otosclerosis | 112.5 | 78.4 | 73.4 | 84.0 |
| 8 | M | 55 | 50 | 30 | Bilateral | No | Progressive as adult | 120.0 | 88.6 | 81.7 | 90.0 |
| 9 | F | 76 | 68 | 30 | Left | No | Progressive as adult | 108.8 | 62.3 | 37.1 | 34.0 |
| 10 | M | 79 | 74 | 10 | Left | No | Unknown | 108.8 | 61.4 | 56.5 | 56.0 |
| 11 | F | 81 | 71 | 30 | Right | No | Progressive as adult | 88.8 | 80.9 | 67.0 | 88.0 |
| 12 | M | 59 | 57 | 24 | Bilateral | No | Sudden hearing loss | 120.0 | 85.2 | 83.9 | 92.0 |
| 13 | M | 78 | 72 | 12.5 | Bilateral | No | Progressive as adult | 120.0 | 78.8 | 53.2 | 76.0 |
| 14 | M | 69 | 62 | 56 | Bilateral | No | Genetic/progressive as child | 120.0 | 76.7 | 66.9 | 76.0 |
| 15 | F | 50 | 35 | 32.5 | Bilateral | No | Progressive as child | 117.5 | 86.9 | 96.9 | 98.0 |
| 16 | F | 64 | 61 | 30 | Right | No | Progressive as adult | 103.8 | 86.9 | 57.1 | 70.0 |
| 17 | F | 67 | 58 | 9 | Bilateral | No | Meniere’s disease | 120.0 | 86.9 | 81.7 | 90.0 |
| 18 | M | 83 | 76 | 42 | Right | Yes | Progressive as adult/noise | 68.8 | 67.0 | 75.0 | 84.0 |
| 19 | F | 73 | 67 | 15 | Right | No | Progressive as child/adult | 98.8 | 78.4 | 66.1 | 74.0 |
| 20 | M | 76 | 73 | 49 | Left | Yes | Progressive as adult/noise | 72.5 | 45.3 | 12.1 | 56.0 |
| 21 | F | 79 | 45 | 15 | Right | Yes | Progressive as adult | 57.5 | 53.0 | 43.6 | 28.0 |
| 22 | M | 74 | 72 | 64 | Right | Yes | Congenital/progressive as child | 92.5 | 69.1 | 49.2 | 26.0 |
| 23 | M | 66 | 60 | 18 | Left | No | Meniere’s disease | 80.0 | 90.7 | 80.7 | 92.0 |
| 24 | M | 77 | 75 | 24 | Bilateral | No | Chronic ear infections/progressive | 105.0 | 12.3 | 6.7 | 32.0 |
| 25 | F | 65 | 63 | 36 | Right | No | Genetic/progressive as adult | 86.3 | 77.5 | 35.3 | 48.0 |
| 26 | F | 62 | 59 | 14 | Bilateral | No | Sepsis/ototoxicity | 95.0 | 78.8 | 31.7 | 50.0 |
| 27* | M | 80 | 79 | 9 | Left | No | Genetic/progressive as adult | 76.3 | – | – | 18.0 |
| 28 | M | 61 | 55 | 24 | Right | Yes | Unknown | 111.3 | 88.14 | 75.5 | 84.0 |
| 29 | M | 60 | 55 | 10.5 | Left | No | Genetic/progressive as adult | 115.0 | 78.81 | 57.1 | 66.0 |
| 30 | F | 64 | 59 | 24 | Left | Yes | Progressive as child | 95.0 | 63.98 | 33.0 | 46.0 |
| 31 | M | 59 | 54 | 6 | Right | No | Genetic/progressive as adult | 108.8 | 44.07 | 31.3 | 56.0 |
| 32 | M | 65 | 38 | 12 | Right | Yes | Progressive as adult/noise | 92.5 | 61.86 | 30.4 | 48.0 |
| 33 | M | 81 | 80 | 49 | Left | Yes | Progressive as adult | 75.0 | 64.41 | 33.5 | 42.0 |
| 34 | M | 70 | 68 | 42 | Left | Yes | Progressive as adult | 93.8 | 86.86 | 72.3 | 86.0 |
*
Participant 27 did not have sentence recognition scores due to testing error.
CID = Central Institute of the Deaf; HL = hearing level; F = female; M = male; PRESTO = Perceptually Robust English Sentence Test Open-set; PTA = pure-tone average; SES = socioeconomic status.