title: Assessment of the subjective benefit of electric acoustic stimulation with the abbreviated profile of hearing aid benefit.
abstract: CONCLUSIONS
  This study demonstrates that electric-acoustic stimulation (EAS) significantly decreases the subjective impairment in speech perception.
  
  
  OBJECTIVE
  To assess the subjective benefit of EAS over the first 12 months after EAS fitting using the Abbreviated Profile of Hearing Aid Benefit (APHAB).
  
  
  METHODS
  Twenty-three EAS users, implanted with either the PULSAR(CI)(100) FLEX(EAS) provided with the DUET EAS processor or the COMBI40+ Medium provided with the TEMPO+ speech processor, were included. Electric stimulation was activated about 1 month postoperatively; ipsilateral acoustic stimulation was added 2 months thereafter. EAS benefit was measured preoperatively with only a hearing aid and postoperatively at EAS fitting and then 3, 6 and 12 months after EAS fitting using the APHAB.
  
  
  RESULTS
  Subjects reported significant improvements in the global score with a mean decrease in impairment from 74% preoperatively to 45% after 3 months of EAS use. Furthermore, clinical relevance was demonstrated in multiple subscales between preoperative and first fitting reflecting a true benefit of EAS with a probability of 95%.
authors: Department of Otolaryngology Head and Neck Surgery, AKH Vienna, Vienna, Austria. wolfgang.gstoettner@meduniwien.ac.at
authors: Wolfgang K
authors: WK
authors: Gstoettner
authors: Paul
authors: P
authors: Van de Heyning
authors: Alec Fitzgerald
authors: AF
authors: O'Connor
authors: Jan
authors: J
authors: Kiefer
authors: Constantino
authors: C
authors: Morera
authors: Manuel
authors: M
authors: Sainz
authors: Katrien
authors: K
authors: Vermeire
authors: Sonelle
authors: S
authors: McDonald
authors: Laura
authors: L
authors: Cavallé
authors: Juan García
authors: JG
authors: Valdecasas
authors: Oliver F
authors: OF
authors: Adunka
authors: Uwe
authors: U
authors: Baumann
authors: Andrea
authors: A
authors: Kleine-Punte
authors: Hanna
authors: H
authors: Brockmeier
authors: Ilona
authors: I
authors: Anderson
authors: Silke
authors: S
authors: Helbig
mesh_terms: D000161:Acoustic Stimulation / Q000379:methods*; D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D001309:Auditory Threshold; D019929:Cochlear Implantation / Q000523:psychology / Q000534:rehabilitation*; D003131:Combined Modality Therapy; D004558:Electric Stimulation / Q000379:methods*; D005260:Female; D006309:Hearing; D006310:Hearing Aids; D006312:Hearing Loss, Bilateral / Q000523:psychology / Q000534:rehabilitation*; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D017060:Patient Satisfaction; D010898:Pitch Perception; D011571:Psychoacoustics; D013067:Speech Perception; D011795:Surveys and Questionnaires; D055815:Young Adult