Effects of extreme tonotopic mismatches between bilateral cochlear implants on electric pitch perception: A case study

Lina A.J Reiss; Mary W Lowder; Sue A Karsten; Christopher W Turner; Bruce J Gantz

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Effects of extreme tonotopic mismatches between bilateral cochlear implants on electric pitch perception: A case study

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Effects of extreme tonotopic mismatches between bilateral cochlear implants on electric pitch perception: A case study

Lina A.J Reiss, Mary W Lowder, Sue A Karsten, Christopher W Turner and Bruce J Gantz

Ear and hearing, Vol.32(4), pp.536-540

2011

DOI: 10.1097/AUD.0b013e31820c81b0

PMCID: PMC3120897

PMID: 21307775

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Abstract

Pitch perception was studied in a subject with a 10-mm cochlear implant (CI) in one ear and a 24-mm CI in the other ear. Both processors were programmed to allocate information from the same frequency range of 188-7938 Hz, despite the large differences in putative insertion depth and stimulated cochlear locations between the CIs. After 2 and 3 years of experience, pitch-matched electrode pairs between CIs were aligned closer to the processor-provided frequencies than to cochlear position. This finding suggests that pitch perception may have adapted to reduce perceived spectral discrepancies between bilateral CI inputs, despite 2-3 octave differences in tonotopic mapping.

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Title: Subtitle: Effects of extreme tonotopic mismatches between bilateral cochlear implants on electric pitch perception: A case study
Creators: Lina A.J Reiss - Department of Communication Sciences and Disorders, The University of Iowa, Iowa City, IA 52242
Mary W Lowder - Department of Otolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery, The University of Iowa Hospitals and Clinics, Iowa City, IA 52242
Sue A Karsten - Department of Communication Sciences and Disorders, The University of Iowa, Iowa City, IA 52242
Christopher W Turner - Department of Communication Sciences and Disorders, The University of Iowa, Iowa City, IA 52242
Bruce J Gantz - Department of Otolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery, The University of Iowa Hospitals and Clinics, Iowa City, IA 52242
Resource Type: Journal article
Publication Details: Ear and hearing, Vol.32(4), pp.536-540
DOI: 10.1097/AUD.0b013e31820c81b0
PMID: 21307775
PMCID: PMC3120897
NLM abbreviation: Ear Hear
ISSN: 0196-0202
eISSN: 1538-4667
Language: English
Date published: 2011
Academic Unit: Communication Sciences and Disorders; Neurosurgery; Otolaryngology
Record Identifier: 9984006306502771

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