Combined electrical and acoustical stimulation using a bimodal prosthesis
| Autor: | Peter M. Seligman, Patti L Arndt, Peter J. Blamey, James W. Heller, Jon K. Shallop, Christine M. Menapace, Gary J. Dooley, Joseph I. Alcantara, Graeme M. Clark |
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| Rok vydání: | 1993 |
| Předmět: |
Hearing aid
Adult Male medicine.medical_specialty Hearing loss medicine.medical_treatment Audiology Prosthesis Hearing Aids Cochlear implant otorhinolaryngologic diseases medicine Humans Aged medicine.diagnostic_test business.industry Auditory Threshold General Medicine Middle Aged Speech processing Cochlear Implants Otorhinolaryngology Surgery Female Implant Audiometry medicine.symptom business |
| Zdroj: | Archives of otolaryngology--headneck surgery. 119(1) |
| ISSN: | 0886-4470 |
| Popis: | • A new device incorporating a cochlear implant speech processor and a speech-processing hearing aid for the unimplanted ear has been designed and tested with four severely hearing-impaired patients. The aim of the device is to provide a more acceptable and effective combination of electrical and acoustic signals to the two ears. When used monaurally, and binaurally in conjunction with the cochlear implant, the speech-processing hearing aid mean scores for open-set sentences, words, and consonants were as good as or better than the mean scores for the patients' own conventional hearing aids. Some patients improved much more than did others. Although not conclusive, these results are encouraging, especially as they were achieved with a laboratory prototype that did not allow the patients to become accustomed to the processor in everyday situations. ( Arch Otolaryngol Head Neck Surg. 1993;119:55-60) |
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