Cost-utility of cochlear implantation in single-sided deafness and asymmetric hearing loss: results of a randomized controlled trial.

Objectives: To determine the Incremental Cost-Utility Ratio (ICUR) of cochlear implantation in the treatment of adult patients with single-sided deafness (SSD) and asymmetric hearing loss (AHL).

Methods: This prospective multicenter pragmatic study including a randomized controlled trial (RCT) enrolled 155 subjects with SSD or AHL. Subjects chose a treatment option between: abstention, Contralateral Routing Of the Signal hearing aids, Bone Conduction Device or Cochlear Implant (CI).

Outcomes at 6 months after isolated or non-isolated surgery for temporal bone cerebrospinal fluid leak in adults: A STROBE analysis.

Aim: The main aim of this study was to evaluate 6-month closure success in surgery for isolated or non-isolated temporal bone osteomeningeal breach (OMB). Secondary objectives were to analyze complications of closure and correlations between success and breach, treatment and patient data.

Material And Method: This was a single-center retrospective observational study of patients who underwent surgery for temporal bone OMB via a middle cranial fossa or transmastoid approach in a French university teaching hospital between 2007 and 2022, with follow-up of at least 6months.

Day-case otology: Special attention to the pediatric cochlear implantation procedure.

Objective: Assess the feasibility of cochlear implantation as day-surgery in children and identify variables influencing admission, readmission, and unplanned postoperative consultation.

Methods: This retrospective observational monocentric study was conducted according to the STROBE recommendations. Between January 2017 and July 2022, all medical records of children who underwent cochlear implantation were analyzed.

Safety of middle-ear day-surgery in children: A STROBE observational study.

Objective: The main objective of this pediatric study of otologic surgery was to analyze factors for success of outpatient management. The secondary objective was to study unscheduled postoperative consultations and readmissions.

Materials And Methods: This retrospective observational study analyzed clinical characteristics and procedures in consecutive children undergoing major ear surgery over a 3-year period in a teaching hospital.

Does Phonological Complexity Provide a Good Index of Language Disorder in Children With Cochlear Implants?

Purpose Phonological complexity is known to be a good index of developmental language disorder (DLD) in normal-hearing children, who have major difficulties on some complex structures. Some deaf children with cochlear implants (CIs) present a profile that evokes DLD, with persistent linguistic difficulties despite good audiological and environmental conditions. However, teasing apart what is related to auditory deficit or to language disorder remains complex.