Temporal organization skills in cochlear implants recipients.
Processing acoustic clues from the sounds of speech depends on the proper perception of the frequency and duration of stimuli as a sequence of events.


OBJECTIVE
To assess the capacity for temporal organization in users of multichannel CI.


METHODS
14 normal hearing individuals formed the control group, matching in age and gender other 14 users of multichannel CI, who made up the study group, and they were assessed and compared as to the Frequency Patterns Test (FPT) and Duration Patterns Test (DPT).


RESULTS
CI users had good performance in temporal organization tasks, with mean results of 48.7% in the FPT and 59.6% in the DPT. For the control group, mean performance at the FPT was of 63.4% and in the DPT of 64.6%. We did not see statistically significant difference between the results from the control and study groups.


CONCLUSIONS
The CI provided favorable performance in the tasks that required temporal organization skill for individuals evaluated in this study.
Campos
Patrícia Danieli
PD
Specialist in sound amplification lab - Hospital de Reabilitação de Anomalias Craniofaciais da Universidade de São Paulo, HRAC/USP, Bauru/SP.
Alvarenga
Kátia de Freitas
KF
PhD, Professor - Department of Speech and Hearing Therapy - Faculdade de Odontologia de Bauru, Universidade de São Paulo, FOB/USP.
Frederigue
Natália Barreto
NB
PhD, Speech and Hearing therapist - Centro de Pesquisas Audiológicas do Hospital de Reabilitação de Anomalias Craniofaciais da Universidade de São Paulo, HRAC/USP.
do Nascimento
Leandra Tabanez
LT
PhD, Speech and Hearing therapist - Centro de Pesquisas Audiológicas do Hospital de Reabilitação de Anomalias Craniofaciais da Universidade de São Paulo, HRAC/USP, Bauru/SP.
Sameshima
Koichi
K
Associate Professor - Department of Radiology and Cognitive Neurosciences Lab - LIM-43 University of São Paulo Medical School, São Paulo/SP.
Filho
Orozimbo Alves Costa
OAC
Associate Professor, Cochlear Implant Program Coordinator - CPA do HRAC/USP, Bauru/SP.
Bevilacqua
Maria Cecília
MC
Associate Professor, Full Professor and Head of the Speech and Hearing Department FOB/USP, Bauru/SP; Hospital de Reabilitação de Anomalias Craniofaciais da Universidade de São Paulo.
D000161:Acoustic Stimulation / Q000379:methods*; D000328:Adult; D001299:Audiometry; D001307:Auditory Perception / Q000502:physiology*; D016022:Case-Control Studies; D003054:Cochlear Implants; D005260:Female; D034381:Hearing Loss / Q000534:rehabilitation*; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male