The impact of cochlear implantation on health-related quality of life in older adults, measured with the Health Utilities Index Mark 2 and Mark 3 Vrije Universiteit Brussel Universiteit Antwerpen
PURPOSE: To determine the usefulness of the Health Utilities Index (HUI) in older cochlear implant (CI) recipients, the primary aims were: (1) to assess health-related quality of life (HRQoL), measured with HUI, in older CI candidates while comparing with age- and gender-matched normal-hearing controls; (2) to compare HRQoL after CI with the pre-operative situation, using HUI and the Nijmegen cochlear implant questionnaire (NCIQ). The ...