caa a22 4500 606184570 CHVBK 20210128100827.0 cr unu---uuuuu 210128e20151201xx s 000 0 eng 10.1007/s00405-014-3448-x doi (NATIONALLICENCE)springer-10.1007/s00405-014-3448-x Quality of life and audiologic performance through the ability to phone of cochlear implant users [Elektronische Daten] [Cécile Rumeau, Julien Frère, Bettina Montaut-Verient, Alexis Lion, Gérome Gauchard, Cécile Parietti-Winkler] This study aimed to evaluate the impact of cochlear implantation on quality of life (QoL), using general and cochlear implant (CI) specific questionnaires and to determine the relationship of phone ability with QoL, speech recognition abilities and tinnitus. Twenty-six adult volunteers with a post-lingual profound deafness, unilaterally implanted with a CI, were included in this study. All subjects had used a CI for at least 1year. The Glasgow benefit inventory (GBI) and Nijmegen cochlear implant questionnaire (NCIQ) were administered to assess QoL. Speech recognition was tested using phonemic Lafon's lists. The subjective tinnitus severity scale (STSS) questionnaire was used to determine the effects of tinnitus. CI users were split into four groups according to their phone ability. There was an improvement in QoL after cochlear implantation. The NCIQ showed significant (p<0.001) improvements in the total score and in all subdomains after CI. A significant relationship between phone ability, QoL and speech recognition was found. Improving phone ability led to higher QoL (p<0.05) and speech recognition (p<0.01) scores. The CI use decreased significantly the occurrence of tinnitus, but its severity was not correlated with QoL. Post-surgery assessment should include speech recognition measures and QoL evaluation. The NCIQ appeared more effective than the GBI in its ability to detect improvements in QoL. Assessing phone ability represents an easy and fast approach to evaluate hearing performances and QoL, and may reflect global outcomes of CI. Springer-Verlag Berlin Heidelberg, 2014 Audiometry nationallicence Cochlear implants nationallicence Quality of life nationallicence Tinnitus nationallicence Phone ability nationallicence CI : Cochlear implant nationallicence GBI : Glasgow benefit inventory nationallicence HRQoL : Health-related quality of life nationallicence NCIQ : Nijmegen Cochlear Implant Questionnaire nationallicence QoL : Quality of life nationallicence STSS : Subjective tinnitus severity scale nationallicence Rumeau Cécile Department of ENT, University Hospital of Nancy, 29 avenue du Maréchal de Lattre de Tassigny, 54000, Nancy, France aut Frère Julien Department of ENT, University Hospital of Nancy, 29 avenue du Maréchal de Lattre de Tassigny, 54000, Nancy, France aut Montaut-Verient Bettina Department of ENT, University Hospital of Nancy, 29 avenue du Maréchal de Lattre de Tassigny, 54000, Nancy, France aut Lion Alexis University of Lorraine, EA 3450 DevAH-Développement, Adaptation et Handicap-Faculty of Medicine and UFR STAPS, Nancy, France aut Gauchard Gérome University of Lorraine, EA 3450 DevAH-Développement, Adaptation et Handicap-Faculty of Medicine and UFR STAPS, Nancy, France aut Parietti-Winkler Cécile Department of ENT, University Hospital of Nancy, 29 avenue du Maréchal de Lattre de Tassigny, 54000, Nancy, France aut European Archives of Oto-Rhino-Laryngology Springer Berlin Heidelberg 272/12(2015-12-01), 3685-3692 0937-4477 272:12<3685 2015 272 405 https://doi.org/10.1007/s00405-014-3448-x text/html Onlinezugriff via DOI BK010053 XK010053 XK010000 Metadata rights reserved Springer special CC-BY-NC licence nationallicence 1 research-article jats NATIONALLICENCE NATIONALLICENCE NL-springer NATIONALLICENCE 856 40 https://doi.org/10.1007/s00405-014-3448-x text/html Onlinezugriff via DOI NATIONALLICENCE 700 1- Rumeau Cécile Department of ENT, University Hospital of Nancy, 29 avenue du Maréchal de Lattre de Tassigny, 54000, Nancy, France aut NATIONALLICENCE 700 1- Frère Julien Department of ENT, University Hospital of Nancy, 29 avenue du Maréchal de Lattre de Tassigny, 54000, Nancy, France aut NATIONALLICENCE 700 1- Montaut-Verient Bettina Department of ENT, University Hospital of Nancy, 29 avenue du Maréchal de Lattre de Tassigny, 54000, Nancy, France aut NATIONALLICENCE 700 1- Lion Alexis University of Lorraine, EA 3450 DevAH-Développement, Adaptation et Handicap-Faculty of Medicine and UFR STAPS, Nancy, France aut NATIONALLICENCE 700 1- Gauchard Gérome University of Lorraine, EA 3450 DevAH-Développement, Adaptation et Handicap-Faculty of Medicine and UFR STAPS, Nancy, France aut NATIONALLICENCE 700 1- Parietti-Winkler Cécile Department of ENT, University Hospital of Nancy, 29 avenue du Maréchal de Lattre de Tassigny, 54000, Nancy, France aut NATIONALLICENCE 773 0- European Archives of Oto-Rhino-Laryngology Springer Berlin Heidelberg 272/12(2015-12-01), 3685-3692 0937-4477 272:12<3685 2015 272 405