A comparative study of hearing and speech outcome in patients after unilateral cochlear implant and bimodal hearing.

Dr Manish Sharma; Dr Ankur Barot; Dr Shagufa Pathan; Dr Rajesh Vishwakarma; Dr Kalpesh Patel; Dr Dipesh Darji; Mr Chandrakant Vishwakarma

Volume : VI, Issue : VII, July - 2017

A comparative study of hearing and speech outcome in patients after unilateral cochlear implant and bimodal hearing.

Dr Manish Sharma, Dr Ankur Barot, Dr Shagufa Pathan, Dr Rajesh Vishwakarma, Dr Kalpesh Patel, Dr Dipesh Darji, Mr Chandrakant Vishwakarma

Abstract :

A comparative study of he� and speech outcome in patients after unilateral cochlear implant and bimodal he�.

Objective : Objective of the study was to evaluate early he� and speech outcomes of Cochlear Implant in patients with bimodal stimulation ( patients who use Cochlear Implant in one ear & he� aid in the other) and compare it with the patients using Cochlear Implant only .

Method : Study was conducted in Department of ENT , Civil Hospital , Ahmedabad . We studied & evaluated early outcome of Cochlear Implant in 25 patients of 1–5 years age group, who used Bimodal stimulation & compared It with 25 patients who used CI only. Study was carried out over period of 2 years & He� & Speech Ability was recorded on Category of Auditory Performance(CAP) Scale & Speech Intelligibility Rating(SIR) Scale at the intervals of 6 months .

Result :. Patients who used bimodal stimulation showed better scores on Category of Auditory Performance Scale(CAP) & Speech Intelligibility Rating (SIR) compared to the patients who did not use bimodal stimulation.

Conclusion : Patients with bimodal stimulation showed better auditory & verbal responses compared to patients who did not receive bimodal stimulations. So use of bimodal stimulation should be recommended.