"The U.S. Social Security Administration (SSA) administers programs that provide disability benefits. Once SSA establishes the presence of a severe impairment, it determines whether the impairment meets the criteria in the Listing of Impairments (Listings) that qualify a candidate for disability benefits. The current Listings that address hearing loss treated with cochlear implantation contain criteria that evaluate hearing ability through a speech recognition test called the Hearing in Noise Test (HINT). Since its development in 1994, the HINT has been widely used to measure cochlear implant candidacy and postoperative outcomes. However, the test characteristics, the state of cochlear implant technology, and the environment that made the HINT a common choice of assessment in 1994 are different in 2021. The HINT has several limitations in its characteristics and deviation from its intended use. At the request of SSA, the National Acade
| ISBN: | 9780309264549 |
| Publication date: | 11th May 2021 |
| Author: | Engineering, and Medicine US National Academies of Sciences |
| Publisher: | National Academies Press an imprint of The National Academies Press |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Series: | Consensus Study Report of the National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, Medicine |
| Genres: |
Health systems and services |