Use of Diagnostic Audiology and Cochlear Implantation in the US

JAMA Otolaryngol Head Neck Surg. 2024 Apr 1;150(4):353-354. doi: 10.1001/jamaoto.2023.4738.

Authors

Kevin Y Zhan^{1

2}, Angela Mazul^{3

2}, Dorina L Kallogjeri², Craig A Buchman²

Affiliations

¹ Department of Otolaryngology-Head & Neck Surgery, Division of Otology & Neurotology, Northwestern Medicine, Chicago, Illinois.
² Department of Otolaryngology-Head & Neck Surgery, Washington University in St Louis, St Louis, Missouri.
³ Department of Otolaryngology-Head & Neck Surgery, University of Pittsburgh Hillman Cancer Center, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania.

PMID: 38386348
PMCID: PMC10884948 (available on 2025-02-22)
DOI: 10.1001/jamaoto.2023.4738

No abstract available

Plain language summary

This study examined if cochlear implant (CI) use varies geographically within the US and if diagnostic audiology use correlates with CI usage.

MeSH terms

Audiology*
Cochlear Implantation*
Cochlear Implants*
Hearing Loss, Sensorineural* / surgery
Hearing Tests
Humans
Speech Perception*