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Published on: October 11, 2024
Electrode-Modiolus Distance Affects Speech Perception for Lateral Wall Electrodes
Ling Ding1, Luguang Zhang2, Jing Li1
1Department of Otorhinolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery, Shandong Provincial Hospital Affiliated to Shandong First Medical University, Jinan, China.
Objectives:
The goal of this study was to use cone-beam computed tomography to locate the electrode-modiolus distance (EMD) and correlate this with speech perception in cochlear implant (CI) recipients of the 31.5-mm lateral wall (LW) electrode arrays.
Study Design:
Retrospective review.
Patients:
Forty-five child CI recipients with prelingual profound sensorineural hearing loss of inserted 31.5-mm LW arrays listening with a CI-alone device.
Interventions:
Stepwise forward multiple linear regression was performed to control and reduce the variability in implant performance to determine whether EMD affects speech perception.
Main Outcome Measures:
Electrode location (angular insertion depth [AID], EMD), together with the electrode impedance (EI), surgical approach, sex, CI age, and preimplant hearing aid usage were estimated as independent variables. The dependent variables were the Meaningful Use of Speech Scale (MUSS) and parents' evaluation of children's aural/oral performance (PEACH) assessed with the CI alone at 12 months postactivation.
Results:
EMD and CI age were predictive variables for PEACH/MUSS. A negative correlation was found between AID and EMD (r = -0.56, p < 0.01), whereas EMD had a moderately positive correlation with EI (r = 0.32, p < 0.01).
Conclusions:
The best "location-related" predictor of postoperative speech perception was EMD with a 31.5-mm array among CI-alone users.
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