Abstract
PurposeDetermine whether adult cochlear implant users with radiographic superior semicircular canal dehiscence experience clinically significant differences in audiological outcomes when compared to cochlear implant users with normal temporal bone anatomy. Materials and methodsRetrospective, single institution review. Adult, post-lingual deaf patients implanted between 2010 and 2020. Inclusion criteria included age 18 years or older, available preoperative computed tomography imaging, and preoperative and postoperative AzBio audiological data for at least 6 months of cochlear implant use. Preoperative and postoperative AzBio Sentence Test scores were compared between patients with normal temporal bone anatomy and those with radiographic superior semicircular canal dehiscence or near dehiscence. Results110 patients met inclusion criteria. Mean AzBio score for normal temporal bone anatomy group improved from 35.2 % (SD 28.2) preoperatively to 70.3 % (SD 25.7) postoperatively, an improvement of 35.1 % (SD 28.6). Mean AzBio score for near dehiscent temporal bone anatomy group improved from 26.6 % (SD 28.9) preoperatively to 64.5 % (SD 30.6) postoperatively, an improvement of 37.9 % (SD 27.9). Mean AzBio score for dehiscent temporal bone anatomy group improved from 26.3 % (SD 20.4) preoperatively to 65.1 % (SD 27.6) postoperatively, an improvement of 38.7 % (SD 26.9). Utilizing the one-way analysis of variance test, there was no significant difference in audiologic outcomes between the three groups. ConclusionsPatients with complete or near complete radiographic superior canal dehiscence at the time of cochlear implantation achieve similar improvements in speech perception scores compared to normal anatomy adult cochlear implant users.
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