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Article

Survey of Cochlear Implant User Satisfaction with the Neptune™ Waterproof Sound Processor

by
Jeroen J. Briaire
1,
Indian Research Group
2,
Andreas Büchner
3,
Gennaro Auletta
4,
Helena Arroyo
5,
Carmen Zoilo
6,
Patrizia Mancini
7,
Roberta Buhagiar
8,
Neelam Vaid
9 and
Nathalie Mathias
10,*
1
Leiden University Medical Centre, Leiden, The Netherlands
2
Indian Research Group, Bangalore, India
3
Medizinische Hochschule Hannover, Hannover, Germany
4
University of Naples Federico II, Naples, Italy
5
Hospital Niño Jesús, Madrid, Spain
6
Hospital Son Espases, Palma de Mallorca, Spain
7
University La Sapienza of Rome, Rome, Italy
8
University of Southampton Auditory Implant Service, Southampton, United Kingdom
9
Big ears KEM Hospital, Pune, India
10
Advanced Bionics, Bron, France
*
Author to whom correspondence should be addressed.
Audiol. Res. 2016, 6(1), 146; https://doi.org/10.4081/audiores.2016.146
Submission received: 15 October 2015 / Revised: 17 December 2015 / Accepted: 19 December 2015 / Published: 20 April 2016

Abstract

A multi-center self-assessment survey was conducted to evaluate patient satisfaction with the Advanced Bionics Neptune™ waterproof sound processor used with the AquaMic™ totally submersible microphone. Subjective satisfaction with the different Neptune™ wearing options, comfort, ease of use, sound quality and use of the processor in a range of active and water related situations were assessed for 23 adults and 73 children, using an online and paper based questionnaire. Upgraded subjects compared their previous processor to the Neptune™. The Neptune™ was most popular for use in general sports and in the pool. Subjects were satisfied with the sound quality of the sound processor outside and under water and following submersion. Seventyeight percent of subjects rated waterproofness as being very useful and 83% of the newly implanted subjects selected waterproofness as one of the reasons why they chose the Neptune™ processor. Providing a waterproof sound processor is considered by cochlear implant recipients to be useful and important and is a factor in their processor choice. Subjects reported that they were satisfied with the Neptune™ sound quality, ease of use and different wearing options.
Keywords: sound processor; Neptune™; waterproof; AquaMic™; cochlear implant sound processor; Neptune™; waterproof; AquaMic™; cochlear implant

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Briaire, J.J.; Research Group, I.; Büchner, A.; Auletta, G.; Arroyo, H.; Zoilo, C.; Mancini, P.; Buhagiar, R.; Vaid, N.; Mathias, N. Survey of Cochlear Implant User Satisfaction with the Neptune™ Waterproof Sound Processor. Audiol. Res. 2016, 6, 146. https://doi.org/10.4081/audiores.2016.146

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Briaire JJ, Research Group I, Büchner A, Auletta G, Arroyo H, Zoilo C, Mancini P, Buhagiar R, Vaid N, Mathias N. Survey of Cochlear Implant User Satisfaction with the Neptune™ Waterproof Sound Processor. Audiology Research. 2016; 6(1):146. https://doi.org/10.4081/audiores.2016.146

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Briaire, Jeroen J., Indian Research Group, Andreas Büchner, Gennaro Auletta, Helena Arroyo, Carmen Zoilo, Patrizia Mancini, Roberta Buhagiar, Neelam Vaid, and Nathalie Mathias. 2016. "Survey of Cochlear Implant User Satisfaction with the Neptune™ Waterproof Sound Processor" Audiology Research 6, no. 1: 146. https://doi.org/10.4081/audiores.2016.146

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