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  • Review Article   
  • Otolaryngol (Sunnyvale) 2016, Vol 6(2): 226
  • DOI: 10.4172/2161-119X.1000226

Variables that Effect Psychophysical Parameters and Duration to Stability in Cochlear Implant Mapping

Maria CS1* and Maria PLS2
1Department of Ear Sciences, The University of Western Australia, Nedlands, Western Australia, Australia
2Ear Science Institute Australia, Subiaco, Western Australia, , Australia
*Corresponding Author : Maria CS, Department of Ear Sciences, The University of Western Australia, 4th Floor, Harry Perkins Medical Research Institute, QEII Medical Campus, Hospital Ave, Nedlands, WA, 6000, Australia, Tel: 61 8 9346 3333, Fax: 61 8 9346 3089, Email: chloesantamaria1@gmail.com

Received Date: Mar 06, 2016 / Accepted Date: Mar 18, 2016 / Published Date: Mar 25, 2016

Abstract

The process of rehabilitation after cochlear implant surgery involves programming the psychophysical parameters of the implant in a process called mapping. The audiology appointments involved in the mapping process are large contributors to cost of implant rehabilitation. The map is defined as stable when there is little variation over time. Once an implant map is stable there is reduced need for intensive rehabilitation and an increase in implant patient satisfaction. A literature search was conducted using the terms “map cochlear implant”, “mapping cochlear implant”, “psychophysical cochlear implant” with a date range from August 1957 to February 2016. A total of 560 articles were identified and 29 articles were retrieved for detailed evaluation. The most important factor identified, that determines map stability, is the patient’s subjective implant experience. Patient demographics and implant variables have not been identified as significant. The second side implant in bilateral implantation has been shown to have significantly less time to map stability. There is a need for further studies to examine relationships between preoperative variables and the mapping process, rather than applying a “one size fits all approach”, which is the current standard of care. This is of particular need in the setting of the second side in bilateral implantation.

Citation: Maria CS, Maria PLS (2016) Variables that Effect Psychophysical Parameters and Duration to Stability in Cochlear Implant Mapping. Otolaryngol (Sunnyvale) 6:226. Doi: 10.4172/2161-119X.1000226

Copyright: © 2016 Maria CS, et al. This is an open-access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original author and source are credited.

Review summary

  1. Bowen
    Posted on Oct 26 2016 at 9:10 pm
    The study is concerned with determining the factors affecting cochlear implants map stability. This is a very interesting study point and was properly discussed in the manuscript.
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