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- - The study aimed to analyze if there are sex differences in outcomes for adults receiving cochlear implants, conducting a retrospective review of patients treated from 2009 to 2017.
- - Results showed that while there was no overall difference in preoperative speech recognition scores between men and women, women demonstrated significantly greater improvements in their speech recognition abilities at the 1-3 month and 6-9 month follow-ups.
- - The findings suggest that sex may influence early speech recognition improvement after cochlear implantation, indicating that women had a more positive response to the procedure compared to men.
Article Abstract
Objective: To determine the presence of sex differences in cochlear implant outcomes.
Study Design: Retrospective chart review.
Setting: Tertiary referral center.
Patients: Adult patients having undergone cochlear implantation from 2009 to 2017.
Intervention(s): Standard electrode length cochlear implantation.
Main Outcome Measure(s): AzBio scores in quiet of the implanted ear at the 1 to 3 months and 6 to 9 months postoperative time points.
Results: Of 55 patients with complete demographic and speech recognition testing, 36.4% (n = 20) were men. The mean age at time of surgery was 59.81 ± 16.54 years and the mean duration of hearing loss was 26.33 ± 18.54 years; there was no significant difference between men and women. The mean preoperative AzBio score was 11 ± 15.86% and there was no difference between men and women. Through 2 (sex) × 3 (time point) analysis of covariance (ANCOVA), there was no main effect of sex (F[1, 48] = 0.74, p = 0.39, η = 0.02) on postoperative AzBio scores, but there was a significant sex by time point interaction, (F[1.77, 85.03] = 4.23, p = 0.02, η = 0.08). At the 1 to 3 months postoperative time point, women exhibited higher relative improvement in AzBio scores than men (67 ± 27% versus 55 ± 31%). Further, this relative improvement increased and remained significant at the 6 to 9 months postoperative time point (women: 71 ± 22% versus 58 ± 30%).
Conclusions: Sex may play a role in early speech recognition outcomes after adult cochlear implantation.
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