Objective This study aimed to evaluate and compare cases of simultaneous and consecutive bilateral cochlear implantation from the perspective of the duration of anaesthesia, surgical complications and hospitalisation. Method Fifty patients with simultaneous bilateral cochlear implantation (group 1) and 47 patients with consecutive bilateral cochlear implantation (group 2) were included in this study. The two groups were compared in terms of the duration of anaesthesia, the duration of surgery, radiological findings, the complications and the post-operative hospitalisation time. Results Group 1 had a significantly shorter operation time than group 2 (p < 0.01). The mean total operation time was 189 minutes in group 1. In group 2, the mean operation times for the first and second surgery were 134 minutes and 136 minutes, respectively, and the total operation time for both surgical procedures in group 2 was 270 minutes. The duration of post-operative hospitalisation of the patients in group 1 was significantly shorter than the total post-operative hospitalisation after both operations for the patients in group 2 (p < 0.01). Conclusion In conclusion, if there is no anatomical problem that may lead to a prolonged operation time or any risk regarding anaesthesia, simultaneous bilateral cochlear implantation can be performed safely.
Background/aim: The study aimed to investigate the effect of training in hearing aid users to benefit from induction loop systems. Materials and methods: A five-question scale was developed to evaluate whether individuals using hearing aids could use the induction loop system effectively and validity-reliability studies were performed with 264 individuals using hearing aids. In its second step, 30 individuals using hearing aids were given verbal and hands-on training on the induction loop system. Before and after training with hearing aids (noiseless, noise, noise + induction system active) in three different environments, questions on the scale were asked twice in total from the beginning to the end of the study. Results: The significance of the differences between the values obtained as a result of the application of word lists in three different test settings was examined by repeating measurements variance analysis. As a result of post hoc analyse, p=0.002 between test 3 (10.7,1.53), test 1(11.7, 0.7) were calculated. There appears to be a statistically significant difference with the present situation (p<0.01). The average scores of the scale between pre-and post-training applications as a preliminary and final test were analyzed with the t test. The final test average was statistically significantly greater than the preliminary test (p<0.01). Conclusion: This study shows how important it is for hearing aids users to be informed about this and to receive the necessary training in order to gain the expected benefit 2 from induction loop systems developed to improve speech intelligibility in noisy environments.
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