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Bilateral hearing aid use is feasible in patients with well-preserved hearing who struggle to acclimate to combined electro-acoustic (hybrid) stimulation
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Bilateral hearing aid use is feasible in patients with well-preserved hearing who struggle to acclimate to combined electro-acoustic (hybrid) stimulation

Nicholas Giuliani and Marlan R. Hansen
International journal of audiology, Vol.ahead-of-print(ahead-of-print), pp.1-5
09/04/2021
DOI: 10.1080/14992027.2021.1971312
PMCID: PMC9929734
PMID: 34487473
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https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/9929734View
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Abstract

This report presents a case study of a patient who resumed bilateral hearing aid use after nearly four years of limited progress and subjective dissatisfaction with a hybrid cochlear implant device. Case study. One patient. The patient's post-operative objective and subjective abilities with bilateral hearing aids were better than with a hybrid cochlear implant and contralateral hearing aid. Although the benefits of combined acoustic and electric hearing have been well-documented, this report presents a solution for those with well-preserved hearing and poor hybrid cochlear implant performance: returning to bilateral hearing aid use.
Cochlear implant hearing aid hearing preservation noise speech understanding

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