Assessing Hearing-Related Quality of Life in Adults With Hearing Loss: Validation of the German Cochlear Implant Quality of Life (CIQOL)-35 Profile

Hearing-related quality of life is a crucial outcome for adults with cochlear implants. The Cochlear Implant Quality of Life (CIQOL)-35 Profile is a patient-reported outcome measure originally developed in English. In a previous study, this instrument was cross-culturally adapted into German to address the need for standardized assessment tools in German-speaking regions....

German-speaking clinics that fit cochlear implants can now consider using the validated German CIQOL-35 Profile as a standardised patient-reported outcome measure, replacing or supplementing ad-hoc quality-of-life assessments.

A validated German CIQOL-35 expands access to a standardised, cross-linguistically comparable cochlear implant outcome measure, supporting more consistent quality-of-life monitoring across European CI programmes.

1. 01German translation of the CIQOL-35 Profile was psychometrically validated in adult cochlear implant users.
2. 02The CIQOL-35 is a patient-reported outcome measure covering multiple quality-of-life domains relevant to CI users.
3. 03Validation enables cross-linguistic comparisons between German- and English-speaking CI populations.
4. 04Standardised outcome tools are increasingly required by payers and regulators to justify CI candidacy and outcomes.
5. 05Findings support adoption of the German CIQOL-35 in both clinical practice and research settings.

PMID

42299681

DOI

10.1177/23312165261450792.

Journal

Audiology Research

Publication type

research_article

Evidence level

2b

Population

Adults with cochlear implants, German-speaking

Intervention

German-language CIQOL-35 Profile patient-reported outcome measure