title: Longitudinal changes in word recognition by patients who use the Ineraid cochlear implant.
abstract: The time course for reacquisition of spondee word recognition was examined for 27 patients who use the Ineraid cochlear implant. At 1 month postfitting, test scores ranged from 0 to 84% correct. The median score was 10% correct. At 22 to 28 months postfitting, the scores ranged from 0 to 100% correct. The median score was 56% correct. The rate of improvement in spondee recognition varied greatly within the sample. Most patients continued to extract new information from the electrically evoked representation of the speech signal over a period of a year or more.
authors.affiliation: Department of Speech and Hearing Science, Arizona State University, Tempe 85287-0102.
authors.forename: M F
authors.initials: MF
authors.lastname: Dorman
authors.forename: K
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Dankowski
authors.forename: G
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: McCandless
authors.forename: J L
authors.initials: JL
authors.lastname: Parkin
authors.forename: L
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Smith
mesh_terms: D003054:Cochlear Implants; D006801:Humans; D012044:Regression Analysis; D013063:Speech Discrimination Tests; D013997:Time Factors