Longitudinal changes in word recognition by patients who use the Ineraid cochlear implant.
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.
Dorman
M F
MF
Department of Speech and Hearing Science, Arizona State University, Tempe 85287-0102.
Dankowski
K
K
McCandless
G
G
Parkin
J L
JL
Smith
L
L
D003054:Cochlear Implants; D006801:Humans; D012044:Regression Analysis; D013063:Speech Discrimination Tests; D013997:Time Factors