Within- and across-frequency temporal processing and speech perception in cochlear implant users.

ABSTRACT:

Objective

Cochlear implant (CI) recipient's speech perception performance is highly variable and is influenced by temporal processing abilities. Temporal processing is commonly assessed using a behavioral task that requires the participant to detect a silent gap with the pre- and post-gap stimuli of the same frequency (within-frequency gap detection) or of different frequencies (across-frequency gap detection). The purpose of the study was to evaluate behavioral and electrophysiological measures of within- and across-frequency temporal processing and their correlations with speech perception performance in CI users.

Design

Participants included 11 post-lingually deafened adult CI users (n = 15 ears; Mean Age = 50.2 yrs) and 11 age- and gender-matched normal hearing (NH) indi

SUBMITTER: Blankenship CM 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9560480 | biostudies-literature | 2022

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature