Impact of Anatomy-Based Cochlear Implant Programming on Early Performance

Inclusion Criteria

• •At least 18 years of age
• •Is a cochlear implant candidate as deemed by the participating center
• •Implanted (or to be implanted) unilaterally with a MED-EL cochlear implant with moderately severe or better acoustic hearing in the contralateral ear.
• •For patients who are already implanted, device activation must have occurred within 2 weeks of enrollment
• •Patients with moderate contralateral hearing loss or greater must utilize a hearing aid in the contralateral ear.
• •Programmed with electric-only stimulation in the implanted ear
• •The ear to be implanted, acoustic hearing thresholds must be no better than 50 dBHL at 250 Hz and 65 dBHL at 500 Hz
• •Post-operative CT scan allows for completion of OTOPLAN analysis
• •ABF settings possible at defaults in clinical programming software
• •Minimum of 10 active electrodes at activation
• •Programmed using a Fine Structure coding strategy
• •English is the primary language
• •Willing and able to comply with all scheduled procedures as defined in the protocol
• •Subjects who receive a cochlear implant in the contralateral ear prior to the 12-month interval