Amplitude Parameters Are Predictive of Hearing Preservation in a Randomized Controlled Trial of Intracochlear Electrocochleography During Cochlear Implant Surgery.

Objective: To prospectively evaluate the association between hearing preservation after cochlear implantation (CI) and intracochlear electrocochleography (ECochG) amplitude parameters.

Study Design: Multi-institutional, prospective randomized clinical trial.

Setting: Ten high-volume, tertiary care CI centers.

Validation of the Arabic language version of the Audio Processor Satisfaction Questionnaire (APSQ) for hearing implant users.

Objective: Audio processors (AP) are the external components of hearing implants. User satisfaction with the performance and comfort of their AP is a critical factor in ensuring daily use, which leads to improved hearing outcomes. The aim of this study was to construct and validate an Arabic language translation of the APSQ for use among Arabic-speaking clinicians and patients.

Cochlear Implant Single-Unit Audio Processors in Young Children.

Background: RONDO 2 is a lightweight, compact, wirelessly charged, and fully integrated single-unit speech processor. Single-unit processors provide an effective and convenient alternative to behind-the-ear processors for adults. Therefore, the aim of this study was to investigate if RONDO 2 is suitable for and did not compromise the hearing performance of young children in everyday life.

Test-Retest Reliability of the Coordinate Response Measure in Adults with Normal Hearing or Cochlear Implants.

Background: Speech perception in noise is especially challenging for cochlear implant (CI) recipients; thus, speech in noise tests are used to clinically evaluate functional hearing with CIs. The coordinate response measure (CRM) corpus can be utilized in an adaptive speech perception test with competing speakers as the masker. Determining the critical difference for CRM thresholds can enable it to be used to evaluate changes in CI outcomes for clinical and research purposes.

Can Electrocochleography Help Preserve Hearing After Cochlear Implantation With Full Electrode Insertion?

Objectives: To evaluate the utility of intracochlear electrocochleography (ECochG) monitoring during cochlear implant (CI) surgery on postoperative hearing preservation.

Study Design: Prospective, randomized clinical trial.

Setting: Ten high-volume, tertiary care CI centers.

Software Application toward Accessible Hearing Care Assessment: Gap in Noise Test.

Currently, several methods are being applied to assess auditory temporal resolution in a controlled clinical environment via the measurements of gap detection thresholds (GDTs). However, these methods face two issues: the relatively long time required to perform the gap detection test in such settings and the potential of inaccessibility to such facilities. This article proposes a fast, affordable, and reliable application-based method for the determination of GDT either inside or outside the soundproof booth.

Prevalence, risk factors, and audiological characteristics of auditory neuropathy.

Objective: The objective of this study was to determine the prevalence, risk factors, and audiological characteristics of auditory neuropathy spectrum disorder (ANSD) in the pediatric population.

Design: A retrospective review of medical charts was conducted for children visiting two hospitals in Saudi Arabia.

Study Sample: Medical records of 1025 patients with sensorineural hearing loss (SNHL) were reviewed.

Feasibility of Day Surgery for Cochlear Implantation under Conscious Sedation with Same-Day Fitting.

Objectives: To evaluate the feasibility of performing cochlear implantation under conscious sedation (CS) as day surgery with same-day fitting.

Materials And Methods: All patients underwent cochlear implantation under CS between November 2017 and April 2018. The data collected included demographic information, preoperative clinical characteristics, surgical details, postoperative fitting information, and side effects, if any.

Auditory Performance and Subjective Satisfaction with the ADHEAR System.

Background: The ADHEAR device, a new nonsurgical bone conduction hearing device, has been developed for patients with conductive hearing loss.

Objectives: This study aims to assess the impact of the ADHEAR device on the audiological performance and satisfaction level in subjects with conductive hearing loss.

Methods: Twelve patients with conductive hearing loss were included.

Hearing loss and its association with occupational noise exposure among Saudi dentists: a cross-sectional study.

Objectives/aims: Dental practitioners are prone to hearing loss due to noise exposure encountered in dental clinics. The aim of this study was to determine whether the persistent high-frequency sounds produced by the dental equipment could cause hearing decrement among the Saudi dental practitioners.

Materials And Methods: This cross-sectional study included 38 randomly selected Saudi dentists from different specialties who were exposed to noise during working hours and 38 individuals as a control group.

Clinical use of electrode differentiation to enhance programming of cochlear implants.

The effect of deactivating indiscriminable cochlear implant (CI) electrodes for unilaterally implanted adults was evaluated using the BKB (Bamford-Kowal-Bench) sentence test in quiet and in pink noise (signal-to-noise ratio of +10dBA) and the adaptive Coordinate Response Measure (CRM). Each CI recipient who failed electrode differentiation (ED) in at least one electrode-pair, based on results of a pure-tone pitch-ranking task received two research programmes to try out in a cross-over study. Research programmes (RP) either employed discriminable electrodes only or the most discriminable two-thirds of the electrodes in the electrode array for CI recipients failing ED for more than a third of the electrodes.