For many people with a hearing loss, cochlear implants are used with the intention of improving hearing. However, large variations remain in the benefit provided by a cochlear implant on an individual basis. Predicting the differences has been a challenge, but being able to do so may help to alleviate some of the problems.

Project ID	827
Description	For many people with a hearing loss, cochlear implants are used with the intention of improving hearing. However, large variations remain in the benefit provided by a cochlear implant on an individual basis. Predicting the differences has been a challenge, but being able to do so may help to alleviate some of the problems.
Topic	Medical and Health
Type	External research (U3A as research subjects)
U3A	Members of London U3As
Organization/partner	University College London Dept of Speech, Hearing and Phonetic Science
Year started	2018
Source of reference	Request from researcher
Output	None known
Document	None
Notes	None