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    Resting-State Functional Connectivity Predicts Cochlear-Implant Speech Outcomes.
    (Ear & Hearing, 2024-07-16) Esmaelpoor, Jamal; Peng, Tommy; Jelfs, Beth; Mao, Darren; Shader, Maureen J; McKay, Colette M
    Cochlear implants (CIs) have revolutionized hearing restoration for individuals with severe or profound hearing loss. However, a substantial and unexplained variability persists in CI outcomes, even when considering subject-specific factors such as age and the duration of deafness. In a pioneering study, we use resting-state functional near-infrared spectroscopy to predict speech-understanding outcomes before and after CI implantation. Our hypothesis centers on resting-state functional connectivity (FC) reflecting brain plasticity post-hearing loss and implantation, specifically targeting the average clustering coefficient in resting FC networks to capture variation among CI users.