Bone conduction hearing implants (BCHIs); life-changing surgery. A quality of life (QoL) study reporting the impact of BCHI surgery on 163 patients’ well-being

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Collins, Rachael, Hanif, Junaid, Phillips, John S., Nunney, Ian and Collett, Amanda (2025) Bone conduction hearing implants (BCHIs); life-changing surgery. A quality of life (QoL) study reporting the impact of BCHI surgery on 163 patients’ well-being. BMJ Surgery, Interventions, & Health Technologies, 7 (1). ISSN 2631-4940

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Abstract

Objective: This study aimed to review the impact of bone conduction hearing implants (BCHIs) surgery on patients’ quality of life (QoL) across general, physical, social and overall well-being domains. Design: A prospective correlational study. Setting: Single tertiary referral center in the UK. Participants: All adult patients undergoing their first BCHI over a 10-year and 6-month period (between June 1, 2012, and December 31, 2022). A total of 163 were included out of 195 potentially eligible participants. Main outcome measure: The Glasgow Health Status Inventory (GHSI) was used to assess patients’ QoL pre and post BCHI surgery. Results: BCHI surgery showed significant improvements across all GHSI QoL domains; total (p<0.0001), general (p<0.0001), social (p<0.0001) and physical (p<0.0001). Conclusion: The largest of its kind, this study recognizes the wide-reaching impact of BCHIs on patients’ QoL, evidencing them as a highly effective and life-improving surgical intervention.

Item Type:	Article
Additional Information:	Data availability statement Data are available upon reasonable request. Funding: Oticon provided financial support for the article processing charge associated with this publication. The funder had no role in the study design, data collection, data analysis, interpretation, manuscript writing, or approval of the final version.
Faculty \ School:	Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences > Norwich Medical School
UEA Research Groups:	Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences > Research Centres > Public Health
Related URLs:	https://sit.bmj.com/content/7/1/e000303
Depositing User:	LivePure Connector
Date Deposited:	12 Aug 2025 10:30
Last Modified:	12 Aug 2025 10:30
URI:	https://ueaeprints.uea.ac.uk/id/eprint/100131
DOI:	issn:2631-4940

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