Susceptibility to Postoperative Changes in Music Appreciation in Elderly Cochlear Implant Recipients.

With the rise in life expectancy and the consequent increase in the elderly population, the use of cochlear implants (CI) in elderly patients with hearing loss is also increasing. The aim of this study was to investigate whether music appreciation in elderly CI users differs from that of non-elderly users. Forty-nine adult CI recipients participated in the study, and the Korean version of the Music Background Questionnaire was utilized preoperatively and postoperatively to evaluate music appreciation.

Pneumolabyrinth as an Early Computed Tomographic Finding After Cochlear Implantation and its Clinical Significance.

Objective: To determine the incidence and volume of pneumolabyrinth using early temporal bone computed tomography (TBCT) findings and evaluate the correlation between pneumolabyrinth and various clinical variables.

Study Design: Retrospective case review.

Setting: Tertiary academic center.

Preimplant Hearing Threshold: An Important Predictor of Hearing Preservation in Cochlear Implantation With Lateral Wall Electrodes.

Objective: To evaluate the outcomes and association factors of long-term hearing preservation (HP) in cochlear implantation with lateral wall (LW) electrode arrays.

Study Design: Retrospective case review.

Setting: Tertiary academic center.

Posterior Tympanotomy Versus Subtotal Petrosectomy: A Comparison of Complications in Cochlear Implantation.

Objective: To compare the postoperative complications between posterior tympanotomy cochlear implantation (PTCI) and subtotal petrosectomy cochlear implantation (SPCI).

Study Design: A retrospective cohort study.

Setting: Two tertiary referral centers.

Surgical outcomes of simultaneous cochlear implantation with subtotal petrosectomy.

Objective: To evaluate the surgical outcomes of simultaneous cochlear implantation (CI) with subtotal petrosectomy (SP).

Methods: Medical records of thirty-one patients (31 ears) who underwent simultaneous CI with SP in two tertiary referral centers for management of profound hearing loss secondary to chronic suppurative otitis media, cholesteatoma, previous open cavity, temporal bone fracture, and temporal bone irradiation were retrospectively analyzed. Pre and postoperative speech performances and related complications requiring surgical correction were evaluated.

Cochlear Implantation in Patients with Chronic Suppurative Otitis Media: Surgical Outcomes and a Management Algorithm.

Background: Chronic suppurative otitis media (CSOM) was considered as a contraindication of cochlear implantation (CI) in the past. Recently, various surgical options have been adopted for CI in CSOM patients with showing a low complication rate.

Objectives: To evaluate surgical outcomes of CI in patients with CSOM and to propose a management algorithm for those patients.

Radiological parameters related to success of the round window approach in cochlear implantation: A retrospective study.

Objectives: To evaluate the radiologic parameters related to success of round window (RW) approach for cochlear implantation (CI).

Design: A retrospective cohort study.

Setting: Academic-tertiary centre.