Auditory capabilities of single-channel cochlear implant patients. Etiologic considerations
B. J. Edgerton, J. A. Brimacombe and W. F. House
The clinical audiometric test results from 53 postlingually deafened adults
using the House single-channel cochlear implant were analyzed according to
cause of deafness (otosclerosis, ototoxic drugs, meningitis, and trauma).
With the exception of one measure, the routine clinical tests did not show
a relationship between cause of deafness and performance with the cochlear
implant. These findings suggest that, clinically, the single-channel
cochlear implant is a viable prosthesis for patients with a wide variety of
causes of deafness.