Publications by authors named "Deborah J Mawman"
Objective: To describe the experience of auditory brainstem implantation (ABI) in patients with Neurofibromatosis type 2 (NF2).
Study Design: Retrospective case review.
Setting: Tertiary referral centre.
Aim: To assess the long-term subjective benefits of auditory brainstem implants (ABIs) and investigate the extent to which ABI users perceive it to be a useful device.
Methods: Using the Manchester database, all 31 living patients registered as ABI users were identified and sent the ABI performance questionnaire. Data regarding daily duration of use, auditory fatigue, ability to differentiate between speech and environmental sounds, and subjective usefulness of the ABI in different listening conditions were collected.
Objective: To determine the indications for, and auditory outcomes following, cochlear reimplantation in adults and investigate factors influencing outcome.
Study Design: Retrospective case series.
Setting: Cochlear implant program in a tertiary care hospital.
Objective: To investigate the outcomes from ipsilateral simultaneous or sequential cochlear implantation in patients with neurofibromatosis type 2 (NF2) after vestibular schwannoma removal with cochlear nerve preservation.
Study Design: Retrospective case series.
Setting: Single tertiary referral NF2 center.
Objectives: To analyse the speech perception performance of 53 cochlear implant recipients with otosclerosis and to evaluate which factors influenced patient performance in this group. The factors included disease-related data such as demographics, pre-operative audiological characteristics, the results of CT scanning and device-related factors.
Methods: Data were reviewed on 53 patients with otosclerosis from 4 cochlear implant centres in the United Kingdom and the Netherlands.