Cochlear Implant Utilization Rate

Only 5% of eligible adults receive a cochlear implant

Global cochlear implant (CI) utilisation rates for adults are low despite its proven benefits.

This puts a financial burden on society and negatively affects

patients’ social life · work situation · health

 

Main barriers to a higher CI utilization rate include:

  • Lack of awareness among candidates and professionals
  • Limited knowledge about indications and outcomes
  • Unclear referral pathways

Cochlear implants have been scientifically proven to

  • improve speech understanding and communication
  • reconnect users with society
  • enhance quality of life
Cochlear Implant Utilization Rate
Work

Work

Hearing Loss impacts employment

People with inadequately treated hearing loss often have

  • lower-paid jobs  
  • limited career advancements 
  • lower job satisfaction 
  • higher risk of being unemployed 

Reasons include:

  • Extra effort to follow conversations  
  • asking for repeated instructions  
  • misunderstandings in meetings online and offline 
  • struggling to understand on the phone 

The consequences:

  • decreased productivity  
  • lower job performance 
  • more stress  
  • higher rates of sick leave 

Cochlear implants have been shown to mitigate many of these challenges.

 

Enhanced communication abilities with the CI

  • facilitate participation in offline and online meetings 
  • lead to higher job satisfaction,  
  • expand career opportunities,  
  • increase self-efficacy  
  • reduce stress levels and sick leave days 

Reconnect Your Patients with Work

As an ENT medical professional, you are key in educating your patients about solutions beyond hearing aids. A cochlear implant can be the alternative that keeps them in the job.

Refer CI candidates to a hearing implant center and reconnect your patients with the working life.

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Targeted at professionals working with ENT patients, the hearbetter Newsletter

  • ✓ answers your cochlear implant indication questions,
  • ✓ illustrates real patient cases and
  • ✓ summarises recent scientific findings

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Health

Health

Hearing Loss is linked to multiple health conditions

 

Hearing loss is linked to a number of comorbidities, including:

  • psychosocial and mental health issues such as loneliness and depression
  • a higher risk of accelerated cognitive decline
    Untreated hearing loss has been increasingly recognised as one of the top modifiable risk factors for incident dementia.
  • a higher risk of falls, cardiovascular diseases and diabetes

Scientific studies suggest that cochlear implants can have mitigating effects on common comorbidities.

Reconnect Your Patients with Life

As an ENT medical professional, you are a trustworthy source of information on hearing solutions beyond hearing aids.

By referring candidates to a specialised hearing implant center, you can be the one to reconnect them with life and keep them in good health.

Targeted at professionals working with ENT patients, the hearbetter Newsletter

  • ✓ answers your cochlear implant indication questions,
  • ✓ illustrates real patient cases and
  • ✓ explains how cochlear implants may positively affect comorbidities

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Patient Case

Patient Case

A machinist with severe bilateral hearing loss

This real patient case illustrates the way to a cochlear implant, from preoperative audiograms and CI indications to postoperative outcomes.

Download the pdf and read the full case study.

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