Continuous monitoring of temporal skills during long-term in-home training by cochlear implant users.

ABSTRACT: Cochlear implants improve auditory function in individuals with severe hearing loss, yet cochlear implant users often struggle with tasks such as identifying speaker characteristics and musical elements. While music therapy shows promise in addressing these deficits, standardized rehabilitation protocols, especially those focusing on music-based sound recognition, remain underdeveloped. This study evaluates the efficacy of EARPLANTED, a free platform developed at the Faculty of Physics, University of Bialystok, which includes a melodic contour identification test accessible on personal computers and mobile devices. Fifty cochlear implant users and 45 normally hearing volunteers participated in repeated testing sessions. Logistic regression with restricted cubic splines was used to analyse

SUBMITTER: Szymanski KR 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC11835561 | biostudies-literature | 2025 Feb

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature