Audiometric and Patient‐Reported Outcomes in Single‐Sided Deafness Cochlear Implant Recipients Using the CIQOL‐35

Objective Describe the effect that cochlear implantation (CI) has on audiometric outcomes and quality of life (QOL) in patients with single‐sided deafness (SSD). Study Design Retrospective case review. Setting Tertiary university hospital system. Methods Preoperative and postoperative AzBio performance and Cochlear Implant Quality of Life‐35 (CIQOL‐35) Profile scores in CI patients with SSD were compared, and postoperative measures were compared to those from CI patients without SSD. Results Seventeen patients with unilateral CI and contralateral unaided pure‐tone averages ≤30 dB were included. The median age was 60.2 (interquartile range [IQR], 50.9‐64.9 years), and 7/17 (41%) were women. Median daily use was 8.2 hour (IQR, 5.4‐11.9 h). The median preoperative AzBio quiet score in the ear to be implanted was 3% (IQR, 0%‐6%). After a median follow‐up of 12.0 months, the median postoperative AzBio quiet score was 76% (IQR, 47%‐86%) (p