Audiometric Profile of Cochlear Implant Recipients Demonstrates Need for Revising Insurance Coverage

Objectives/Hypothesis To describe the pre‐implant audiometric profile of adult cochlear implant (CI) recipients to investigate whether current binaural candidacy requirements prevent access to patients who could benefit from CI. Study Design Retrospective case series. Methods Retrospective review from 2016 to 2018 evaluating preoperative pure‐tone thresholds and speech perception scores in the ipsilateral and contralateral ear. Results A total...