Evaluation of postoperative effects through MDT
These postoperative patients were followed up by the hearing and speech rehabilitation team. During the follow-up, professional audiologists assessed the cochlear implanters’ postoperative hearing and speech function recovery by Category of Auditory Performance (CAP), Speech Intelligibility Rating (SIR), pure tone average (PTA) and speech discrimination score (SDS). If MDT team noticed the occurrence of postoperative complications, such as infection, electrode array extrusion, facial paralysis, and device failure, they would immediately inform the attending surgeons and provide relevant treatment.