Journal article
Intensity Operating Range Measures as Predictors of Word-Recognition Ability in Cochlear Implant Subjects
Scandinavian Audiology, Vol.19(3), pp.139-145
1990
DOI: 10.3109/01050399009070765
PMID: 2237253
Abstract
The purposes of the experiment were to examine the appropriateness of pre- and post-implant intensity measures (threshdds, most comfortable listening level, and loudness discomtort level) as predictors of post-implant phoneme-recognition ability and to study the relationship between pre-and post-implant intensity measures. Pre-implant intensity measures were obtained on 16 subjects who were eventually implanted with either a Nucleus device (n = 8) or a Symbion device (n = 8). Phoneme scores on a NU-6 word list were obtained on these 16 subjects at 1 month post-implant. Post-implant intensity measures were also made on the 8 Symbion subjects at 1 month post-implant. The results showed that none of the pre-implant intensity measures correlated significantly with post-implant phoneme scores. In addition, pre-implant intensity measures did not correlate with the same post-implant intensity measures. However, post-implant MCLs and LDLs correlated significantly with phoneme scores as reflected by correlation coefficients that were larger than 0.8. These preliminary results suggest that although intensity measures may relate to phoneme-recognition ability, their use as predictive measures (as in pre-implant measures) for post-implant ability is questionable.
Details
- Title: Subtitle
- Intensity Operating Range Measures as Predictors of Word-Recognition Ability in Cochlear Implant Subjects
- Creators
- Francis K Kuk - 1University of Iowa Hospitals and Clinics, Department of Otolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery, Iowa City, IowaRichard S Tyler - 1University of Iowa Hospitals and Clinics, Department of Otolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery, Iowa City, IowaBruce J Gantz - 1University of Iowa Hospitals and Clinics, Department of Otolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery, Iowa City, IowaMichael Bertschy - 1University of Iowa Hospitals and Clinics, Department of Otolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery, Iowa City, Iowa
- Resource Type
- Journal article
- Publication Details
- Scandinavian Audiology, Vol.19(3), pp.139-145
- Publisher
- Informa UK Ltd
- DOI
- 10.3109/01050399009070765
- PMID
- 2237253
- ISSN
- 0105-0397
- eISSN
- 1708-8186
- Language
- English
- Date published
- 1990
- Academic Unit
- Communication Sciences and Disorders; Neurosurgery; Otolaryngology
- Record Identifier
- 9984002583302771
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