Electro-vibrational stimulation results in improved speech perception in noise for cochlear implant users with bilateral residual hearing.

ABSTRACT: A cochlear implant is a neuroprosthetic device that can restore speech perception for people with severe to profound hearing loss. Because of recent evolutions, a growing number of people with a cochlear implant have useful residual acoustic hearing. While combined electro-acoustic stimulation has been shown to improve speech perception for this group of people, some studies report limited adoption rates. Here, we present electro-vibrational stimulation as an alternative combined stimulation strategy that similarly targets the full cochlear reserve. This novel strategy combines the electrical stimulation by the cochlear implant with low-frequency bone conduction stimulation. In a first evaluation of electro-vibrational stimulation, speech perception in noise was assessed in 9 subjects with

SUBMITTER: Geerardyn A 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10338449 | biostudies-literature | 2023 Jul

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature