Comparison of the TEMPO+ Ear-Level Speech Processor and the CIS PRO+ Body-Worn Processor in Adult MED-EL Cochlear Implant Users
| Autor: | B. Stöbich, H. Dujardin, Joachim Müller, K. Stephan, R. Arold, G. Rasp, G. Hofmann, Uwe Baumann, A. Hildmann, K.B. Hüttenbrink, Klaus Begall, A. Stützel, V. Jahnke, Hans-Peter Zenner, Matthias Hey, K. Schorn, W. Thumfart, F. Schön, S. Gräbel, Wolf-Dieter Baumgartner, Ernst Kastenbauer, A. Mair, E. Müller-Aschoff, A. Gunkel, W. Vorwerk, B. Esser, M. Zwicknagl, K. Seeling, N. DeMin, Rudolf Häusler, A. Engel, C.-H. Gammert, S. Hamzavi, K. Albegger, Clemens Zierhofer, B. Freigang, G. Sesterhenn, Jan Kiefer, C.-H. Streitberger, Martin Westhofen, Wolfgang Gstöttner, T. Pfennigdorff, Michael Ziese, Wolfgang Arnold, Y. Stelzig, V. Gall, Steffi-Johanna Brockmeier, Thomas Stark, F. Winkler, H. Hildmann, Mattheus Vischer, Jan Helms, H. von Specht, L. Moser, A. Steinhoff, A. Breitfuss, H. Ebenhoch, A. Mathis, M. Kompis, H.J. Radü, W. Shehata-Dieler, Patrick Zorowka, W. Döring, U. Hloucal, C. Schmitz-Salue, U. Bockmühl, C. Haferkamp, H. Wagner, C. von Ilberg |
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| Rok vydání: | 2001 |
| Předmět: |
Adult
Male Monosyllabic word medicine.medical_specialty Speech perception Psychometrics medicine.medical_treatment Speech recognition Deafness Audiology behavioral disciplines and activities Surveys and Questionnaires Cochlear implant medicine Humans Statistical analysis Speech Processor Sound quality Aged Equipment Design Middle Aged Speech processing humanities Cochlear Implants Otorhinolaryngology Speech Discrimination Tests Speech Perception Female Psychology |
| Zdroj: | ORL. 63:31-40 |
| ISSN: | 1423-0275 0301-1569 |
| Popis: | A study was conducted to compare the new MED-EL TEMPO+ ear-level speech processor with the CIS PRO+ body-worn processor in the COMBI 40/COMBI 40+ implant system. Speech tests were performed in 46 experienced subjects in two test sessions approximately 4 weeks apart. Subjects were switched over from the CIS PRO+ to the TEMPO+ in the first session and used only the TEMPO+ in the time between the two sessions. Speech tests included monosyllabic word tests and sentence tests via the telephone. An adaptive noise method was used to adjust each subject’s scores to approximately 50%. Additionally, subjects had to complete a questionnaire based on their 4 weeks of experience with the TEMPO+. The speech test results showed a statistically significant improvement in the monosyllabic word scores with the TEMPO+. In addition, in the second session, subjects showed a significant improvement when using the telephone with the TEMPO+, indicating some learning in this task. In the questionnaire, the vast majority of subjects found that the TEMPO+ allows equal or better speech understanding and rated the sound quality of the TEMPO+ higher. All these objective and subjective results indicate the superiority of the TEMPO+ and are mainly attributed to a new coding strategy called CIS+ and its implementation in the TEMPO+. In other words, based on the results of this study, it appears that after switching over from the CIS PRO+ to the TEMPO+, subjects are able to maintain or even improve their own speech understanding capability. |
| Databáze: | OpenAIRE |
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