Trial design
This is a single-blind, non-inferiority randomized controlled trial, with two study arms (Fig. Flowchart of the study. CBCT: cone-beam CT scan; COMPASS questionnaire: patient-reported outcome measure on cochlear implant awareness. Patients will be randomized into two groups according to variable, weighted block randomization module subgroups with stratification for age (18–50 years, and > 50 years)