Open-set word recognition with the 3M/Vienna single-channel cochlear implant.
The author visited Innsbruck (Austria) to evaluate the performance of nine of the better patients implanted in Europe with the 3M/Vienna single-channel cochlear implant. Word- and sentence-level speech recognition tests recorded in German by two speakers from Austria were presented. Performance varied from 15% to 86% correct word recognition on the sentence material, 11% to 57% correct word recognition with word lists, and 21% and 66% correct phoneme recognition on the word tests. These results confirm earlier studies indicating that high levels of open-set word recognition without visual cues can be obtained with the 3M/Vienna single-channel cochlear implant.
Department of Otolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery, University of Iowa, Iowa City 52242.
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D003054:Cochlear Implants; D005260:Female; D006309:Hearing / Q000502:physiology*; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D013063:Speech Discrimination Tests