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Cochlear implant referrals are accepted from Audiologists (NHS and private), ENT specialists, General Practitioners, and other specialties. Please contact your local cochlear implant centre for specific referral guidelines. For borderline cases, please contact your local cochlear implant centre for advice.

Therefore, patients with hearing losses greater than or equal to 60 dB HL (pure tone average 0.5, 1k, 2kHz) and speech understanding less than or equal to 60%,8 should be considered for a referral for a cochlear implant evaluation.

When the auditory nerve is damaged or missing, this is known as a neural hearing loss. Hearing aids and cochlear implants cannot help because the nerve is not able to pass on sound information to the brain.

Severe to profound mid to high-frequency hearing loss (threshold average of 2000, 3000, and 4000 Hz ≥75 dB HL) in the ear to be implanted.

Children with inner ear abnormality (for example, Michel malformation in which the cochlea does not develop, or complete absence of the cochlear nerve) cannot receive cochlear implants.

Typically, cochlear implant recipients must have sensorineural hearing loss (meaning the cause stems from the inner ear or cochlea). But another important factor is a person's degree of speech understanding, which is the ability to not just hear but also to distinguish words.

Children with inner ear abnormality (for example, Michel malformation in which the cochlea does not develop, or complete absence of the cochlear nerve) cannot receive cochlear implants.

CPT codes 92601-92604, when billing this code range, if bilateral analysis, fitting, and adjustments of bilateral cochlear implants, CMS recommends that a -22 modifier (unusual procedural service) be added to the applicable code.