Preliminary assessment of the feasibility of using AB words to assess candidacy in adults

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Pádraig T. (2016) Preliminary assessment of the feasibility of using AB words to assess candidacy in adults. Cochlear Implants International, 17 (sup 1). pp. 17-21. ISSN 1467-0100Access from the University of Nottingham repository: http://eprints.nottingham.ac.uk/39256/1/Cochlear%20Post-review%20manuscript%20for %20archiving.pdf Copyright and reuse:The Nottingham ePrints service makes this work by researchers of the University of Nottingham available open access under the following conditions. This article is made available under the University of Nottingham End User licence and may be reused according to the conditions of the licence. For more details see: http://eprints.nottingham.ac.uk/end_user_agreement.pdf A note on versions:The version presented here may differ from the published version or from the version of record. If you wish to cite this item you are advised to consult the publisher's version. Please see the repository url above for details on accessing the published version and note that access may require a subscription. A note on versions:The version presented here may differ from the published version or from the version of record. If you wish to cite this item you are advised to consult the publisher's version. Please see the repository url above for details on accessing the published version and note that access may require a subscription.For more information, please contact eprints@nottingham.ac.uk range is a score of less than 50% on the BKB sentences presented in quiet (presented at 70 30 dBSPL). 31The specific goal of this article was to review the benefit of adding the AB word test to the 32 assessment test battery for candidacy. The AB word test scores showed good sensitivity and 33 specificity when calculated based on both word and phoneme scores. The word score 34 equivalent for 50% correct on the BKB sentences was 18.5% and it was 34.5% when the 35 phoneme score was calculated; these scores are in line with those used in centres in Wales. 36The goal of the British Cochlear Implant Group (BCIG) service evaluation was to determine

How many patients will be eligible for cochlear implantation (CI) on audiological grounds, once the new 2019 NICE guidance takes effect? Evaluation of audiological data for the population of East Kent to estimate cochlear implantation eligibility based on NICE 2019 guidance (TA566) and NICE 2009 guidance (TA166)

“…As stated in both the 2009 NICE guidelines 1 and 2019 guidelines, 2 as well as reaching the pure tone audiological criteria, the patient must have also been deemed to have inadequate functional hearing using Bamford‐Kowal‐Bench (BKB) or Arthur Boothroyd (AB) testing, respectively, when using a conventional hearing aid. As BKB testing uses words in context, it is possible that some candidates with refined cognitive skills are able to interpret the sentence despite significant hearing loss, gaining artificially high BKB scores rendering them ineligible for CI, 5 which does not occur with monosyllabic AB word testing. Changes to the assessment of functional hearing between the 2009 and 2019 guidance may therefore alter eligibility for CI.…”

How many patients will be eligible for cochlear implantation (CI) on audiological grounds, once the new 2019 NICE guidance takes effect?

“…As stated in both the 2009 NICE guidelines 1 and 2019 guidelines, 2 as well as reaching the pure tone audiological criteria, the patient must have also been deemed to have inadequate functional hearing using Bamford‐Kowal‐Bench (BKB) or Arthur Boothroyd (AB) testing, respectively, when using a conventional hearing aid. As BKB testing uses words in context, it is possible that some candidates with refined cognitive skills are able to interpret the sentence despite significant hearing loss, gaining artificially high BKB scores rendering them ineligible for CI, 17 which does not occur with monosyllabic AB word testing. Changes to the assessment of functional hearing between the 2009 and 2019 guidance may therefore alter eligibility for CI.…”

Development and Evaluation of a Language-Independent Test of Auditory Discrimination for Referrals for Cochlear Implant Candidacy Assessment

“…Test material with low redundancy and low context such as that used in the LIT-AD assesses the listener’s auditory ability to perceive acoustic cues for speech sound discrimination. As such, the assessment is well suited to determining the potential effect of a change of hearing device on accessibility to speech cues, a primary goal of assessing speech performance for referrals for CI candidacy evaluation ( Vickers, Riley, et al 2016 ; Cullington & Aidi 2017 ). By comparing how a listener who uses HAs scores relative to members of the population who use CIs, the likelihood of improved speech sound discrimination with CIs if the listener were to use a CI can be estimated.…”