NEW COCHLEAR IMPLANT Candidacy and Mapping

DAVIS, AMANDA
DILLON, MARGARET

Amanda Davis, AuD, is a research audiologist in the Cochlear Implant Clinical Research Lab and an assistant professor in the Department of Otolaryngology/Head and Neck Surgery at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. She is passionate about providing high-caliber audiological care to the adult cochlear implant patient population and conducting research aimed at identifying and alleviating barriers to accessible audiological care.
Margaret Dillon, AuD, PhD, is an associate professor, the director of the Cochlear Implant Clinical Research labs, and the director of clinical research in the Department of Otolaryngology/Head and Neck Surgery at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. She conducts research on new indications for cochlear implantation and methods to personalize the fitting and mapping of cochlear implant and electric-acoustic stimulation devices for children and adults.

Audiology Today 36(4):p 12-21, July-August 2024.

There have been recent changes in the cochlear implant field, including new indications for cochlear implantation (for example, patients with single-sided deafness) and new methods to individualize the map settings to support better outcomes for recipients of cochlear implants. This article reviews these changes to improve the understanding for who may qualify for cochlear implantation, what benefits may be experienced by these new candidates for cochlear implantation, and how personalized mapping procedures may support better outcomes for recipients of cochlear implants.