Influence of age at revision cochlear implantation on speech perception outcomes

Margaret T. Dillon, Oliver F. Adunka, Meredith L. Anderson, Marcia C. Adunka, English R. King, Craig A. Buchman, Harold C. Pillsbury

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Abstract

IMPORTANCE: This study reviewed whether advanced age should be a consideration when revision cochlear implantation is warranted. OBJECTIVE: To examine whether age at revision cochlear implantation is related to postrevision speech perception performance. DESIGN, SETTING, AND PARTICIPANTS: A retrospective analysiswas performed in an academic tertiary care center. Participants included 14 younger adults (<65 years) and 15 older adults (≥65 years) who underwent revision cochlear implantation. INTERVENTION: Revision cochlear implantation. MAIN OUTCOMES AND MEASURES: Speech perception performance, as measured with consonant-nucleus-consonant [CNC] words in quiet, at the best prerevision interval as well as the 3- and 6-month postrevision intervals were compared between the 2 cohorts. The CNC word test consists of 10 lists of 50 phonemically balanced monosyllabic words, scored with a range of 0%to 100% correct. RESULTS: Both cohorts experienced a restoration in speech perception scores after revision cochlear implantation compared with their best performance before the revision (mean [SD] CNC word test scores for the younger cohort: 43.9%[25.6%] before revision and 47.7% [21.3%] at 3 months and 47.6%[19.8%] at 6 months after revision; for the older cohort: 36.3%[19.1%] before revision and 35.3%[17.2%] at 3 months and 39.9%[16.3%] at 6 months after revision; F2,54 = 0.93; P = .40). There was no interaction between age at revision surgery and speech perception performance at each assessment interval (F2,54 = 0.51; P = .60). CONCLUSIONS AND RELEVANCE: In this study, age at revision cochlear implantation was not related to postrevision speech perception performance. Advanced age should not be considered a contraindication to revision cochlear implantation.

Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)219-224
Number of pages6
JournalJAMA Otolaryngology - Head and Neck Surgery
Volume141
Issue number3
DOIs
StatePublished - Mar 1 2015

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