The COVID-19 pandemic and upgrades of CI speech processors for children: part II-hearing outcomes

xlomafota13 shared this article with you from Inoreader The COVID-19 pandemic and upgrades of CI speech processors for children: part II-hearing outcomes Via http://link.springer.com/journal/405,European archives of oto-rhino-laryngology,The European Federation of Oto-Rhino-Laryngological Societies (EUFOS) : affiliated with the German Society for Oto-Rhino Eur Arch Otorhinolaryngol. 2022 Mar 14. doi: 10.1007/s00405-022-07324-8. Online ahead of print. ABSTRACT PURPOSE: To gauge the benefits to children of upgrading speech processors during the COVID-19 pandemic. METHODS: The study involved 297 children, aged from 7.3 to 18.0 years, whose processors were upgraded to either Nucleus 7 or Kanso 2, or to Sonnet 2 or Rondo 3. To document the benefits of the upgrades, a speech-in-noise discrimination test and Patient Reported Outcome Measures (PROMs) were used. RESULTS: There was a significant benefit from the newer processors in terms of speech discrimination in noise. Patient Reported Outcome Measures (PROMs) indicated less hearing disability, a higher level of functioning in everyday life situations, and more satisfaction with the new speech processor in social situations. CONCLUSION: There is a measurable improvement in performance when the devices are upgraded to the new t echnology. PMID:35286441 | DOI:10.1007/s00405-022-07324-8 View on the web Inoreader. Take back control of your news feed. Follow us on Twitter and Facebook.