Acoustic simulation of cochlear implant sound to approximate the perceptual experience of electric hearing.

ABSTRACT: The electrical signal processing of cochlear implants (CIs) is thought to partially explain the unnatural and unfamiliar sound impressions in recipients. To date, there are no accurate German-language sound samples available that represent how CI users perceive their CIs. The primary aim of this study was to create German-language sound samples for the sound of Cochlear Nucleus implants (Cochlear Ltd., Sydney, Australia). Furthermore, we investigated whether the simulation parameters best matched for one sentence were also accurate approximations of the CI sound when applied to two further sentences spoken by the same male speaker. Fifteen patients with single-sided deafness who had at least two years of experience with their CI were included in this study. The participants rated ten simul

SUBMITTER: Kopsch AC 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC12595112 | biostudies-literature | 2025 Nov

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature