Study Status: Recruiting
Recruit Status: Recruiting
Study Type: Observational
Official Title: A Proposal to Evaluate Revised Indications for Cochlear Implant Candidacy for the Adult CMS Population
Brief Summary:
Purpose: The purpose of this study is 1) to evaluate the safety and efficacy of currently available multichannel cochlear implant systems for newly implanted adults with an indication based on open-set sentence recognition that expand criteria currently used by Center for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS), and 2) to assess the correlation between measures of speech recognition in candidates for cochlear implants and their utility in predicting audiologic and quality of life outcomes after implantation.
Participants: Adults (≥ 65 years of age) and CMS-eligible as a primary source of medical insurance coverage.
Procedures (methods): Evaluate objective and subjective outcomes of cochlear implantation in a patient population that does not meet current CMS candidacy criteria.