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Int Arch Otorhinolaryngol. 2016 Jul;20(3):254-60. doi: 10.1055/s-0035-1559595. Epub 2015 Jul 28.

Auditory Speech Perception Tests in Relation to the Coding Strategy in Cochlear Implant.

International archives of otorhinolaryngology

Aline Cristine Bazon, Erika Barioni Mantello, Alina Sanches Gonçales, Myriam de Lima Isaac, Miguel Angelo Hyppolito, Ana Cláudia Mirândola Barbosa Reis

Affiliations

  1. Department of Ophthalmology, Otorhinolaryngology and Head and Neck Surgery, Universidade de São Paulo, Ribeirão Preto, SP, Brazil.

PMID: 27413409 PMCID: PMC4942301 DOI: 10.1055/s-0035-1559595

Abstract

INTRODUCTION: The objective of the evaluation of auditory perception of cochlear implant users is to determine how the acoustic signal is processed, leading to the recognition and understanding of sound.

OBJECTIVE: To investigate the differences in the process of auditory speech perception in individuals with postlingual hearing loss wearing a cochlear implant, using two different speech coding strategies, and to analyze speech perception and handicap perception in relation to the strategy used.

METHODS: This study is prospective cross-sectional cohort study of a descriptive character. We selected ten cochlear implant users that were characterized by hearing threshold by the application of speech perception tests and of the Hearing Handicap Inventory for Adults.

RESULTS: There was no significant difference when comparing the variables subject age, age at acquisition of hearing loss, etiology, time of hearing deprivation, time of cochlear implant use and mean hearing threshold with the cochlear implant with the shift in speech coding strategy. There was no relationship between lack of handicap perception and improvement in speech perception in both speech coding strategies used.

CONCLUSION: There was no significant difference between the strategies evaluated and no relation was observed between them and the variables studied.

Keywords: auditory perception; cochlear implants; deafness; hearing loss

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