Albu S, Babighian G
Department of Otorhinolaryngology, Ospedali Civili Riuniti, Venice, Italy.
Acta Otorhinolaryngol Belg. 1997;51(1):11-6.
Predictive factors in cochlear implants. The clinical records of 32 patients who received a multichannel cochlear implant between 1991 and 1994, were retrospectively reviewed. A Nucleus Mini 22 device was used in 27 cases, a Clarion device in 5 cases. The aim of this study was to identify the predictive role, and hence the influence on the final result of such factors as: the age of patients at implantation and at the onset of deafness, the duration of profound deafness, the aetiology of deafness, sudden or progressive hearing loss, the number of recordable sound frequencies, the promontory test outcome, the length of electrode insertion, the number of active electrodes, the map. A statistically significant negative correlation (p = 0.02) was found between the duration of deafness and patients' performance. The relationship between map and performance, due to the small number of patients, did not reach statistical significance although it was very close to the limit (p = 0.055). The other mentioned factors did not achieve any statistical significance.
人工耳蜗植入的预测因素。回顾性分析了1991年至1994年间接受多通道人工耳蜗植入的32例患者的临床记录。其中27例使用Nucleus Mini 22装置，5例使用Clarion装置。本研究的目的是确定诸如以下因素的预测作用及其对最终结果的影响：植入时和耳聋开始时患者的年龄、重度耳聋的持续时间、耳聋的病因、突发性或进行性听力损失、可记录声音频率的数量、鼓岬试验结果、电极插入长度、有源电极数量、图谱。发现耳聋持续时间与患者表现之间存在统计学显著负相关（p = 0.02）。由于患者数量较少，图谱与表现之间的关系虽非常接近显著水平（p = 0.055），但未达到统计学显著性。其他提及的因素未达到任何统计学显著性。
