A Smartphone Application for Customized Frequency Table Selection in Cochlear Implants.

ABSTRACT:

Hypothesis

A novel smartphone-based software application can facilitate self-selection of frequency allocation tables (FAT) in postlingually deaf cochlear implant (CI) users.

Background

CIs use FATs to represent the tonotopic organization of a normal cochlea. Current CI fitting methods typically use a standard FAT for all patients regardless of individual differences in cochlear size and electrode location. In postlingually deaf patients, different amounts of mismatch can result between the frequency-place function they experienced when they had normal hearing and the frequency-place function that results from the standard FAT. For some CI users, an alternative FAT may enhance sound quality or speech perception. Currently, no widely available tools exist to aid real-time sel

SUBMITTER: Jethanamest D 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC5556943 | biostudies-literature | 2017 Sep

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature