Audiological and Demographic Factors that Impact the Precision of Speech Categorization in Cochlear Implant Users.

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The ability to adapt to subtle variations in acoustic input is a necessary skill for successful speech perception. Cochlear implant (CI) users tend to show speech perception benefits from the maintenance of their residual acoustic hearing. However, previous studies often compare CI users in different listening conditions within-subjects (i.e., in their typical Acoustic + Electric configuration compared with Acoustic-only or Electric-only configurations) and comparisons among different groups of CI users do not always reflect an Acoustic + Electric benefit. Existing work suggests that CI users with residual acoustic hearing perform similarly to Electric-only listeners on phonetic voicing contrasts and unexpectedly poorer with fricative contrasts which have little energy i

SUBMITTER: Colby S 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10101869 | biostudies-literature | 2023 May-Jun 01

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature