From Clinic to Reality: Integrating Sound Field Testing and Hearing Quality Measures in Cochlear Implant Users.

ABSTRACT: Background: Traditional audiological assessment often does not properly reflect the challenges experienced by cochlear implant (CI) users in complex listening environments. Deficits in speech recognition and sound localization ability persist despite clinically satisfactory audiometric thresholds. Objective: The objective of this study is to evaluate the impact of acoustic environment complexity on speech recognition and sound localization ability in CI users compared to normal-hearing (NH) individuals and to assess subjective auditory performance using validated questionnaires. Methods: Thirty-four unilateral CI users and fifty NH participants were evaluated in a sound environment audiometric room equipped with an eight-speaker 360° array. The variables examined were

SUBMITTER: Alvarez-Cendrero M 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC12693144 | biostudies-literature | 2025 Nov

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature