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Methods: This cross-sectional descriptive study included 34 patients aged 60 years and older who underwent unilateral cochlear implantation between 2002 and 2020 at the Department of Otolaryngology, \u00c7ukurova University Faculty of Medicine. Preoperative WHOQOL-BREF data were not available; postoperative outcomes were therefore assessed against demographic and clinical predictors rather than within-patient change. The patients were grouped by preoperative hearing loss duration (1\u20133, 4\u20136, or \u22657 years), daily device use (&lt;11 vs. \u226511 h), and age (60\u201370 vs. &gt;70 years). Auditory gain was assessed by pure-tone audiometry, quality of life by the WHOQOL-BREF, and cognitive status by the Montreal Cognitive Assessment (MoCA). Cohen\u2019s d, \u03b72 and 95% CIs were reported, multiple comparisons were Benjamini\u2013Hochberg-corrected, and multivariable linear regression was applied per domain. Results: The cohort comprised 19 women (55.9%) and 15 men (44.1%), with a mean age of 66.06 \u00b1 5.8 years; eight patients (23.5%) were older than 70. Mean audiological gain was 45.5 \u00b1 13.1 dB and varied with preoperative duration (\u03b72 = 0.50, p &lt; 0.001; 1\u20133 vs. \u22657 years \u0394 20.9 dB, 95% CI 12.2\u201329.6; d = 2.04). Daily device use was a consistent predictor of well-being: those using their implant for more than 11 h daily scored higher across all WHOQOL-BREF subscales (all q \u2264 0.011; d \u22121.45 to \u22122.50). Comorbidity was associated with lower scores in four of five domains (q \u2264 0.048; d \u22120.85 to \u22121.26), and a higher MoCA score independently predicted the psychological subscale (\u03b2 = +1.0 per point; p = 0.014). Apparent sex and education effects did not survive correction. Mean preoperative hearing thresholds were 84.3 \u00b1 7.9 dB and 76.1 \u00b1 16.2 dB in patients under and over 70, respectively; postoperative thresholds were 37.8 \u00b1 10.4 dB and 33.9 \u00b1 6.8 dB, with no significant between-group difference in gain (d = 0.32). Conclusions: In this cross-sectional cohort, cochlear implantation was associated with substantial audiological gain and favourable quality-of-life scores in patients aged 60 and older, with an acceptable safety profile. Age alone did not constrain outcomes; the absence of preoperative QoL data precludes direct quantification of within-patient change.<\/jats:p>","DOI":"10.3390\/jcm15114273","type":"journal-article","created":{"date-parts":[[2026,6,2]],"date-time":"2026-06-02T11:25:31Z","timestamp":1780399531000},"page":"4273","update-policy":"https:\/\/doi.org\/10.3390\/mdpi_crossmark_policy","source":"Crossref","is-referenced-by-count":0,"title":["Auditory Performance Analysis and Evaluation of Quality of Life After Cochlear Implantation in Patients Aged 60 (Sixty) and Older"],"prefix":"10.3390","volume":"15","author":[{"ORCID":"https:\/\/orcid.org\/0000-0002-0228-9106","authenticated-orcid":false,"given":"Sumbul","family":"Bayraktar Guzeldag","sequence":"first","affiliation":[{"name":"Department of Otorhinolaryngology, Private Adana Medline Hospital, Adana 01170, Turkey"}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"Muhammed","family":"Dagkiran","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Department of Otolaryngology and Head and Neck Surgery, Cukurova University Faculty of Medicine, Adana 01790, Turkey"}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"ORCID":"https:\/\/orcid.org\/0000-0002-9134-3070","authenticated-orcid":false,"given":"Ilda","family":"Tanrisever Pehlivan","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Department of Otolaryngology and Head and Neck Surgery, Cukurova University Faculty of Medicine, Adana 01790, Turkey"}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"Ozgur","family":"Surmelioglu","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Department of Otolaryngology and Head and Neck Surgery, Cukurova University Faculty of Medicine, Adana 01790, Turkey"}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"ORCID":"https:\/\/orcid.org\/0000-0003-4433-0194","authenticated-orcid":false,"given":"Caglar","family":"Eker","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Department of Otolaryngology and Head and Neck Surgery, Cukurova University Faculty of Medicine, Adana 01790, Turkey"}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"Elvan","family":"Onan","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Department of Otolaryngology and Head and Neck Surgery, Cukurova University Faculty of Medicine, Adana 01790, Turkey"}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]}],"member":"1968","published-online":{"date-parts":[[2026,6,1]]},"reference":[{"key":"ref_1","unstructured":"T\u00fcrkiye \u0130statistik Kurumu (T\u00dc\u0130K) (2025). \u0130statistiklerle Ya\u015fl\u0131lar, 2025, T\u00dc\u0130K."},{"key":"ref_2","doi-asserted-by":"crossref","first-page":"e104038","DOI":"10.1136\/bmjopen-2025-104038","article-title":"Global, regional and national burden and trends of sense organ diseases from 1990 to 2021: Based on the Global Burden of Disease (GBD) study","volume":"15","author":"Zheng","year":"2025","journal-title":"BMJ Open"},{"key":"ref_3","doi-asserted-by":"crossref","first-page":"188","DOI":"10.1097\/00129492-200503000-00010","article-title":"Quality-of-life benefit from cochlear implantation in the elderly","volume":"26","author":"Vermeire","year":"2005","journal-title":"Otol. 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