Speech Recognition and Subjective Hearing Abilities for Electric-Acoustic Stimulation Users With Unilateral Hearing Loss.

ABSTRACT:

Objective

Some cochlear implant (CI) recipients with unilateral hearing loss (UHL) have functional acoustic hearing in the implanted ear, warranting the fitting of an ipsilateral electric-acoustic stimulation (EAS) device. The present study assessed speech recognition and subjective hearing abilities over time for EAS users with UHL.

Study design

Prospective, repeated-measures.

Setting

Tertiary referral center.

Patients

Adult CI recipients with normal-to-moderate low-frequency acoustic thresholds in the implanted ear and a contralateral pure-tone average (0.5, 1, and 2 kHz) ≤25 dB HL.

Main outcome measures

Participants were evaluated preoperatively and at 1, 3, and 6 months post-activation. Speech recognition for the affected ear was evaluated with CNC w

SUBMITTER: Dillon MT 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC12859691 | biostudies-literature | 2024 Oct

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature