Journal article
Audiological Management and Performance of Adult Cochlear-Implant Patients
Ear, nose, & throat journal, Vol.71(3), pp.117-128
03/1992
DOI: 10.1177/014556139207100302
PMID: 1572270
Abstract
We review the signal-processing strategies of three of the most common cochlear implants in use today, the single-channel House, the multichannel Nucleus, and the Ineraid devices. The results of 65 postlinguistically-deafened patients tested at The University of Iowa are reviewed. The tests include everyday sound, accent, word and sentence recognition, as well as noise/voice differentiation. For all tests, patients with the Nucleus and Ineraid cochlear implants outperformed those with the House implant. In general, selection criteria should focus on comparing the performance of Patients who have already received an implant. Prelinguistically-deafened adults are typically not good cochlear-impact candidates. Cochlear-implant teams should be aware of the enormous time commitment for testing and rehabilitation of these patients, and be prepared to handle frequent implant breakdowns. Nevertheless, cochlear-implant patients have been helped significantly be these devices.
Details
- Title: Subtitle
- Audiological Management and Performance of Adult Cochlear-Implant Patients
- Creators
- Richard S Tyler - Department of Otolaryngology—Head & Neck Surgery The University of Iowa Iowa City, Iowa 52242, Department of Speech Pathology and Audiology The University of Iowa Iowa City, Iowa 52242Mary W Lowder - Department of Otolaryngology—Head & Neck Surgery The University of Iowa Iowa City, Iowa 52242
- Resource Type
- Journal article
- Publication Details
- Ear, nose, & throat journal, Vol.71(3), pp.117-128
- DOI
- 10.1177/014556139207100302
- PMID
- 1572270
- NLM abbreviation
- Ear Nose Throat J
- ISSN
- 0145-5613
- eISSN
- 1942-7522
- Language
- English
- Date published
- 03/1992
- Academic Unit
- Communication Sciences and Disorders; Otolaryngology
- Record Identifier
- 9984002321502771
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