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.