7 March 2019

Cochlear implants for children and adults with severe to profound deafness - assessing benefits

Cochlear implants for children and adults with severe to profound deafness [TA566]
NICE Technology appraisal guidance 7 March 2019
  • This guidance has been updated after a review of the criteria for defining severe to profound deafness and for assessing adequate benefit from acoustic hearing aids. No other sections of the guidance have been updated, so these are the same as in the original guidance. 
  • Commissioners have 3 months from publication to implement these recommendations.
  • "Currently around 1,260 people in England receive cochlear implants each year. These updated recommendations could lead to a 70% increase in that number, to 2,150 people, once a steady state is reached in 2024/25" - from NICE news item discussing the impact of the change, including costs.