Publications by authors named "John S May"

Importance: Though the effects of cochlear implantation (CI) on patients with hearing loss has been well described, its effect on the auditory and vestibular symptoms in patients with Ménière's disease (MD) has not been firmly established.

Objectives: To determine whether CI in patients with MD improves hearing performance as measured by standard post-CI audiometric testing and to describe the impact of CI on subjective auditory and vestibular quality-of-life measures.

Design, Setting, And Participants: Retrospective review of all patients with MD 18 years or older who met diagnostic criteria for definite MD and underwent CI at Wake Forest University Baptist Medical Center, a tertiary care academic medical center, from 2000 through 2012.

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