Abstract
The aim of this paper is to explore the functional outcomes of EAS patients, compare these outcomes to those of traditional cochlear implant patients, and to explore the relationship between all implanted patients' (EAS and traditional CI) functional outcomes and aetiological variables such as age of implant.Data was collected via a self report patient survey designed by the researchers to incorporate questions frequently asked by patients. There were two possible trends in the data when comparing EAS and traditional cochlear implant users: (1) a higher percentage of EAS users were able to follow speech in noisy situations without lip-reading, (2) a higher percentage of EAS users could talk on the phone with unfamiliar people. There were two statistically significant findings when patient's functional outcomes were correlated with the aetiological variable age at implant; (1) younger implante d patients are more likely they are to use the phone, (2) younger implanted patients are more likely to listen to music.
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