Bilateral and Unilateral Cochlear Implant Users Compared on Speech Perception in Noise

Title
Bilateral and Unilateral Cochlear Implant Users Compared on Speech Perception in Noise
Publication Date
2009
Author(s)
Dunn, Camille C
Noble, William G
Tyler, Richard S
Kordus, Monika
Gantz, Bruce J
Ji, Haihong
Type of document
Journal Article
Language
en
Entity Type
Publication
Publisher
Lippincott Williams & Wilkins
Place of publication
United States of America
DOI
10.1097/AUD.0b013e3181c12383
UNE publication id
une:5163
Abstract
Objective: Compare speech performance in noise with matched bilateral cochlear implant (ClCl) and unilateral cochlear implant (Cl only) users. Design: Thirty CICI and 30 CI-only subjects were tested on a battery of speech perception tests in noise that use an eight-loudspeaker array. Results: On average, ClCl subject's performance with speech in noise was significantly better than the Cl-only subjects. Conclusion: The CICI group showed significantly better performance on speech perception in noise compared with the CI-only subjects, supporting the hypothesis that CICI is more beneficial than CI only.
Link
Citation
Ear and Hearing, 31(2), p. 296-298
ISSN
1538-4667
0196-0202
Start page
296
End page
298

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