University of Padua

Application of Patients Reported Outcome measures in Cochlear Implant patients: implications for the design of specific rehabilitation programs

Frosolini, Andrea and Badin, Giulio and Sorrentino, Flavia and Brotto, Davide and Pessot, Nicholas and Fantin, Francesco and Ceschin, Federica and Lovato, Andrea and Coppola, Nicola and Mancuso, Antonio and Vedovelli, Luca and Marioni, Gino and de Filippis, Cosimo (2022) Application of Patients Reported Outcome measures in Cochlear Implant patients: implications for the design of specific rehabilitation programs. [Data Collection]

Collection description

Introduction: Cochlear implants (CI) had been developed to enable a satisfying verbal communication, music experiences have remained in the background of research and development and consequently many CI users are dissatisfied by the music they listen to. Nonetheless, concise indications for clinicians to test music abilities and prescribe rehabilitation programs are still lacking. The main aim of the present study was to test the utility of the application of two different Patient Reporting Outcomes (PRO) measures in a group of CI users. A secondary objective was to identify items capable of driving the indication and design specific music rehabilitation programs for CI patients. Material and Methods: A consecutive series of 73 CI patients referred to the Audiology Unit - University of Padova - was enrolled from November 2021 to May 2022 and evaluated with audiological battery test and PRO measures: Musica e Qualità della Vita (MUSQUAV) and Nijmegen Cochlear Implant Questionnaire (NCIQ) Italian version. Results: The Reliability analysis showed good consistency between the different PRO measures, (Cronbach alpha = 0.873). After accounting for epidemiological and clinical variables, PRO measures showed a correlation with audiological outcomes in only one case (rho=-0.170 for NCIQ-T with CI-Pure Tone Average. A willingness for musical rehabilitation was present in 63% of patients, (Rehab Factor, mean value of 0.791±0.675). Conclusions: we support the role of the application of MUSQUAV and NCIQ to improve the clinical and audiological evaluation of CI patients. Moreover, we proposed a derivative item, called Rehab Factor, which could be used in clinical practice and future studies to clarify the indication and priority of specific music rehabilitation programs.

DOI: 10.25430/researchdata.cab.unipd.it.00000713
Keywords: Cochlear implant, hearing loss, music rehabilitation, PRO measures, NCIQ, MuRQoL, MUSQUAV
Subjects: Life Sciences > Neuroscience and Neural Disorders: Neural cell function and signalling, systems neuroscience, neural bases of cognitive and behavioural processes, neurological and psychiatric disorders > Sensation and perception (e.g. sensory systems, sensory processing, pain)
Department: Departments > Dipartimento di Neuroscienze (DNS)
Depositing User: Giulio Badin
Date Deposited: 21 Sep 2022 12:43
Last Modified: 13 Dec 2022 08:20
Creators/Authors:
CreatorsEmailORCID
Frosolini, Andreaandrea.frosolini@studenti.unipd.itorcid.org/0000-0003-1347-4013
Badin, GiulioUNSPECIFIEDUNSPECIFIED
Sorrentino, FlaviaUNSPECIFIEDUNSPECIFIED
Brotto, DavideUNSPECIFIEDUNSPECIFIED
Pessot, NicholasUNSPECIFIEDUNSPECIFIED
Fantin, FrancescoUNSPECIFIEDUNSPECIFIED
Ceschin, FedericaUNSPECIFIEDUNSPECIFIED
Lovato, AndreaUNSPECIFIEDUNSPECIFIED
Coppola, NicolaUNSPECIFIEDUNSPECIFIED
Mancuso, AntonioUNSPECIFIEDUNSPECIFIED
Vedovelli, LucaUNSPECIFIEDUNSPECIFIED
Marioni, GinoUNSPECIFIEDorcid.org/0000-0001-8751-0588
de Filippis, CosimoUNSPECIFIEDorcid.org/0000-0002-2491-7783
Type of data: Database
Collection period:
FromTo
November 2021May 2022
Resource language: English
Metadata language: English
Publisher: Research Data Unipd
Date: 21 September 2022
Copyright holders: The Author
URI: https://researchdata.cab.unipd.it/id/eprint/713

Available Files

Data

Other

Cite As

Begin typing (e.g. Chicago or IEEE.) or use the drop down menu.

Begin typing (e.g. en-GB for English, Great Britain) or use the drop down menu.

Export As