Did our cochlear implant program make any difference in the lives of our patients? Achievements of 30 patients with long term follow-up averaging 20 years after cochlear implantation.

Background: Cochlear implants are standard of care for the patients with sensorineural hearing loss not benefited from hearing aids.

Aims: Evaluate qualitatively the impact of cochlear implantation in the long-term.

Materials-methods: Thirty middle-class patients with similar patterns of loss and social environment averaging 20 years post-implantation responded to 52 questions that evaluated psychosocial benefits from cochlear implantation.

Contribution of noise reduction pre-processing and microphone directionality strategies in the speech recognition in noise in adult cochlear implant users.

Purpose: Refinement currently offered in new sound processors may improve noise listening capability reducing constant background noise and enhancing listening in challenging signal-to-noise conditions. This study aimed to identify whether the new version of speech processor preprocessing strategy contributes to speech recognition in background noise compared to the previous generation processor.

Methods: This was a multicentric prospective cross-sectional study.

Clinical performance of the Osia™ system, a new active osseointegrated implant system. Results from a prospective clinical investigation.

Bone-conduction hearing implants are standard of care devices. Evaluation of a new active magnetic bone-conduction hearing implant: Cochlear Osia™ system. This device uses a transcutaneous connection between an external sound-processor and an osseointegrated implant that generates vibrations using a piezoelectricity-based internal bone-conduction system.