Responsible Imputation of Missing Speech Perception Testing Data & Analysis of 4,739 Observations and Predictors of Performance

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OBJECTIVE: To address outcome heterogeneity in cochlear implant (CI) research, we built imputation models using multiple imputation by chained equations (MICEs) and K-nearest neighbors (KNNs) to convert between four common open-set testing scenarios: Consonant-Nucleus-Consonant word (CNCw), Arizona Biomedical (AzBio) in quiet, AzBio +5, and AzBio +10. We then analyzed raw and imputed data sets to evaluate factors affecting CI outcome variability.

STUDY DESIGN: Retrospective cohort study of a national CI database (HERMES) and a nonoverlapping single-institution CI database.

SETTING: Multi-institutional (32 CI centers).

PATIENTS: Adult CI recipients (n = 4,046 patients).

MAIN OUTCOME MEASURES: Mean absolute error (MAE) between imputed and observed speech perception scores.

RESULTS: Imputation models of preoperative speech perception measures demonstrate a MAE of less than 10% for feature triplets of CNCw/AzBio in quiet/AzBio +10 (MICE: MAE, 9.52%; 95% confidence interval [CI], 9.40-9.64; KNN: MAE, 8.93%; 95% CI, 8.83-9.03) and AzBio in quiet/AzBio +5/AzBio +10 (MICE: MAE, 8.85%; 95% CI, 8.68-9.02; KNN: MAE, 8.95%; 95% CI, 8.74-9.16) with one feature missing. Postoperative imputation can be safely performed with up to four of six features missing in a set of CNCw and AzBio in quiet at 3, 6, and 12 months postcochlear implantation using MICE (MAE, 9.69%; 95% CI, 9.63-9.76). For multivariable analysis of CI performance prediction, imputation increased sample size by 72%, from 2,756 to 4,739, with marginal change in adjusted R2 (0.13 raw, 0.14 imputed).

CONCLUSIONS: Missing data across certain sets of common speech perception tests may be safely imputed, enabling multivariate analysis of one of the largest CI outcomes data sets to date.

Medienart:

E-Artikel

Erscheinungsjahr:

2023

Erschienen:

2023

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Zur Gesamtaufnahme - volume:44

Enthalten in:

Otology & neurotology : official publication of the American Otological Society, American Neurotology Society [and] European Academy of Otology and Neurotology - 44(2023), 6 vom: 01. Juli, Seite e369-e378

Sprache:

Englisch

Beteiligte Personen:

Pavelchek, Cole [VerfasserIn]
Lee, David S [VerfasserIn]
Walia, Amit [VerfasserIn]
Michelson, Andrew P [VerfasserIn]
Ortmann, Amanda [VerfasserIn]
Gentile, Brynn [VerfasserIn]
Herzog, Jacques A [VerfasserIn]
Buchman, Craig A [VerfasserIn]
Shew, Matthew A [VerfasserIn]

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Journal Article
Multicenter Study
Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

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Date Completed 16.06.2023

Date Revised 21.08.2023

published: Print-Electronic

Citation Status MEDLINE

doi:

10.1097/MAO.0000000000003903

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PPN (Katalog-ID):

NLM357338243