Clinical Study
Effects of Unilateral Cochlear Implantation on Balance Control and Sensory Organization in Adult Patients with Profound Hearing Loss
Table 1
Characteristics of the ten CI patients.
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Patient number |
Gender |
Etiology of deafness |
Age when implanted (in years) |
Deafness duration (in years) |
CI side | Caloric test |
Hearing performance (% of phonemes recognized) | Presurgery | Postsurgery | Presurgery | Postsurgery |
| 1 | Female | Unknown | 58 | 55 | R | N | N | 0 | 90 | 2 | Female | Unknown | 39 | 35 | R | RH | RH | 0 | 100 | 3 | Female | Unknown | 42 | 0.5 | L | LH | LH | 0 | 50 | 4 | Female | Unknown | 52 | 22 | L | N | N | 0 | 60 | 5 | Female | Unknown | 69 | 2 | R | N | N | 0 | 80 | 6 | Female | Genetic | 59 | 2 | R | RA | RA | 0 | 100 | 7 | Female | Cogan’s syndrome | 27 | 2 | L | N | N | 10 | 100 | 8 | Male | Unknown | 52 | 18 | R | N | N | 10 | 60 | 9 | Male | Otosclerosis | 72 | 39 | R | RH | RH | 0 | 90 | 10 | Male | Otosclerosis | 66 | 8 | L | RH | RH | 0 | 100 |
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CI side: L, left; R, right. Caloric test: LH, left hyporeflexia; N, normoreflexia; RA, right areflexia; RH, right hyporeflexia.
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