Eligibility for Cochlear Implant Candidacy Evaluation in Childhood Cancer Survivors

Johnnie K Bass; Sarah E Warren; Sydney G Dillard; Anna Lawrence Peeples; Kendrick Li; Skye Jones; Chia-Ho Hua; Lu Xie; Siyao Liu; Kirsten K Ness; Melissa M Hudson; Gregory T Armstrong; Celine Richard; Kevin R Krull

doi:10.1001/jamaoncol.2025.0856

Eligibility for Cochlear Implant Candidacy Evaluation in Childhood Cancer Survivors

JAMA Oncol. 2025 Jul 1;11(7):794-796. doi: 10.1001/jamaoncol.2025.0856.

Authors

Johnnie K Bass¹, Sarah E Warren², Sydney G Dillard^{2

3}, Anna Lawrence Peeples^{2

4}, Kendrick Li⁵, Skye Jones¹, Chia-Ho Hua⁶, Lu Xie⁵, Siyao Liu⁷, Kirsten K Ness⁷, Melissa M Hudson^{7

8}, Gregory T Armstrong⁷, Celine Richard⁹, Kevin R Krull¹⁰

Affiliations

¹ Rehabilitation Services, St Jude Children's Research Hospital, Memphis, Tennessee.
² School of Communication Sciences and Disorders, University of Memphis, Memphis, Tennessee.
³ Sonova USA Inc, Phonak, Memphis, Tennessee.
⁴ Department of Hearing and Speech, Children's Hospital of Alabama, Birmingham.
⁵ Department of Biostatistics, St Jude Children's Research Hospital, Memphis, Tennessee.
⁶ Department of Radiation Oncology, St Jude Children's Research Hospital, Memphis, Tennessee.
⁷ Department of Epidemiology and Cancer Control, St Jude Children's Research Hospital, Memphis, Tennessee.
⁸ Department of Oncology, St Jude Children's Research Hospital, Memphis, Tennessee.
⁹ Department of Surgery, St Jude Children's Research Hospital, Memphis, Tennessee.
¹⁰ Department of Psychology and Biobehavioral Sciences, St Jude Children's Research Hospital, Memphis, Tennessee.

PMID: 40310640
PMCID: PMC12046516 (available on 2026-05-01)
DOI: 10.1001/jamaoncol.2025.0856

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This cross-sectional study examines the likelihood of meeting the referral criteria for a cochlear implant and the use of hearing aid among childhood cancer survivors with severe hearing loss.

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