Abstract: Despite significant advances in cochlear implants (CIs), there is no widely accepted criterion for when to recommend a second CI to adult patients. Clinical experience indicates that an informal evaluation of patient needs and preferences are often used to guide whether a patient should continue to use bimodal hearing or consider a second CI, suggesting that an in-depth comparison of self-reported outcomes in bimodal and bilateral CI users is warranted. Jessica Lewis, AuD (current NIH NIDCD F32 fellow at The Ohio State University) will present preliminary data that compares the patient-reported benefits of bimodal hearing and bilateral CIs using qualitative interviews, clinical questionnaires, and subjective ratings of listening effort during speech recognition.  

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