To examine the relative impact of advancing age on clinical speech recognition performance before and after cochlear implantation across tasks varying in auditory and cognitive demands.
Age may influence both starting performance and post-implant speech recognition gains on tests of varying cognitive demand; audiologists programming cochlear implants for older adults should set age-appropriate outcome expectations, though specific counseling adjustments await full publication.
Understanding how age shapes cochlear implant outcomes helps clinicians counsel patients more accurately and select appropriate outcome measures across the adult lifespan.
- 01Study examines how age affects baseline and post-implant speech recognition in adult cochlear implant users.
- 02Multiple clinical speech tests of varying auditory and cognitive demand were used.
- 03Findings could inform age-stratified outcome benchmarks for cochlear implant programs.
- 04Published in Otology & Neurotology, a leading peer-reviewed specialty journal.
- 05Results may guide counseling about realistic post-implant expectations for older adults.
Advancing age affects baseline speech recognition performance in adult cochlear implant recipients.
studyunclearAdvancing age affects the degree of improvement on clinical speech recognition tests after cochlear implantation.
studyunclear- PMID
- 42473933
- DOI
- 10.1097/MAO.0000000000005020.
- Journal
- Otology & Neurotology
- Publication type
- research_article
- Evidence level
- 4
- Population
- Adult cochlear implant recipients of varying ages
- Intervention
- Cochlear implantation with post-implant clinical speech recognition testing
- Comparator
- Younger vs. older adult cochlear implant recipients
Primary outcomes
Baseline speech recognition scores on clinical tests; Post-implantation speech recognition improvement on tests of varying auditory and cognitive demand