The French National Cochlear Implant Registry (EPIIC) : Cochlear implantation in adults over 65years old

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OBJECTIVES: To analyze the performance of cochlear implants in French patients aged 65 and over, implanted between 2012 and 2016, using data from the French national registry for cochlear implants (EPIIC).

MATERIALS AND METHODS: The French national registry incorporates patient data from before implantation and for three years after implantation, stratified in different age groups (18-39, 40-64years, 65-74years and>75years). Here, we assessed the latter two categories. Hearing was assessed using mono- and disyllabic words in a silent background. The Category of Auditory Performance (CAP) scale was also implemented and subjects took the Abbreviated Profile of Hearing Aid Benefit (Aphab) questionnaire.

RESULTS: The population aged over 65 accounted for 38% (n=1193) of the 3178 adult implanted patients. The performance for mono- and disyllabic words in silence, the CAP scores and the APHAB questionnaire answers for ease of communication, background noise and reverberation were dramatically improved at one year post-implantation (P<0.0001 for each score) and remained stable between one and three years thereafter. The percentage improvement was similar across all age groups. The scores for loud-noise intolerance did not change after cochlear implantation in any age group.

CONCLUSION: Cochlear implants improve hearing and communication in subjects aged 65 and over, with comparable efficiency to that achieved in younger subjects. Cochlear implantation should thus be proposed whenever hearing aids provide only limited benefit. However, between 2012 and 2016, cochlear implantation was given to less than 1% of the French population aged 65 and over with profound deafness.

Medienart:

E-Artikel

Erscheinungsjahr:

2020

Erschienen:

2020

Enthalten in:

Zur Gesamtaufnahme - volume:137 Suppl 1

Enthalten in:

European annals of otorhinolaryngology, head and neck diseases - 137 Suppl 1(2020) vom: 03. Sept., Seite S19-S25

Sprache:

Englisch

Beteiligte Personen:

Mosnier, I [VerfasserIn]
Ferrary, E [VerfasserIn]
Aubry, K [VerfasserIn]
Bordure, P [VerfasserIn]
Bozorg-Grayeli, A [VerfasserIn]
Deguine, O [VerfasserIn]
Eyermann, C [VerfasserIn]
Franco-Vidal, V [VerfasserIn]
Godey, B [VerfasserIn]
Guevara, N [VerfasserIn]
Karkas, A [VerfasserIn]
Klopp, N [VerfasserIn]
Labrousse, M [VerfasserIn]
Lebreton, J-P [VerfasserIn]
Lerosey, Y [VerfasserIn]
Lescanne, E [VerfasserIn]
Loundon, N [VerfasserIn]
Marianowski, R [VerfasserIn]
Merklen, F [VerfasserIn]
Mezouaghi, K [VerfasserIn]
Mom, T [VerfasserIn]
Moreau, S [VerfasserIn]
Noël-Petroff, N [VerfasserIn]
Parietti-Winkler, C [VerfasserIn]
Piller, P [VerfasserIn]
Poncet, C [VerfasserIn]
Radafy, E [VerfasserIn]
Roman, S [VerfasserIn]
Roux-Vaillard, S [VerfasserIn]
Schmerber, S [VerfasserIn]
Tavernier, L [VerfasserIn]
Truy, E [VerfasserIn]
Vincent, C [VerfasserIn]
Sterkers, O [VerfasserIn]

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Themen:

Aphab
CAP
Cochlear implant
Elderly subject
Intelligibility
Journal Article
Multicenter Study

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Date Completed 08.09.2021

Date Revised 08.09.2021

published: Print-Electronic

Citation Status MEDLINE

doi:

10.1016/j.anorl.2020.07.011

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NLM313482977