National Online Survey: Should D/deaf adults in the UK be offered one or two cochlear implants?

Perspectives of Adult Cochlear Implant Users

In the UK D/deaf children are offered two cochlear implants whereas D/deaf adults are offered one cochlear implant, except in special circumstances.

We are interested in obtaining your perspectives as adult cochlear implant users about:

• Whether adults in the UK should be offered one or two cochlear implants?
• The potential advantages and disadvantages of receiving two cochlear implants,
• How well the current audiology tests reflect real-world listening? (Are the tests representative of hearing situations outside of the clinical setting?)

This survey is to gather the views of adult cochlear implant users. At this time the NICE guidance is that adults are eligible for one cochlear implant and your current care will remain unchanged.

The survey takes 10-15 minutes to complete. This survey is anonymous and can’t be tracked back to any specific individual.

Click the link to go to the survey: https://forms.office.com/e/TcaNtLigif       

More information about the survey can be found here: https://acrobat.adobe.com/id/urn:aaid:sc:EU:da3dac59-e662-4404-a77f-af91d7b3e93c     

(ERGO no: 102255)

Alternatively contact I.mcgauley@soton.ac.uk for more information.