title: The effects of short-term computerized speech-in-noise training on postlingually deafened adult cochlear implant recipients.
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  To determine if short-term computerized speech-in-noise training can produce significant improvements in speech-in-noise perception by cochlear implant (CI) recipients on standardized audiologic testing measures.
  
  
  METHODS
  Five adult postlingually deafened CI recipients participated in 4 speech-in-noise training sessions using the Seeing and Hearing Speech program (Sensimetrics; Malden, MA). Each participant completed lessons concentrating on consonant and vowel recognition at word, phrase, and sentence levels. Speech-in-noise abilities were assessed using the QuickSIN (Killion, Niquette, Gudmundsen, Revit, & Banerjee, 2004) and the Hearing in Noise Test (HINT (  Nilsson, Soli & Sullivan, 1994)).
  
  
  RESULTS
  All listeners significantly improved key word identification on the HINT after training, albeit only at the most favorable signal-to-noise ratio (SNR). Listeners also showed a significant reduction in the degree of SNR loss on the QuickSIN after training.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  Short-term speech-in-noise training may improve speech-in-noise perception in postlingually deafened adult CI recipients.
authors: Northwestern University, Evanston, IL, USA. ingvalson@northwestern.edu
authors: Erin M
authors: EM
authors: Ingvalson
authors: Brienne
authors: B
authors: Lee
authors: Pamela
authors: P
authors: Fiebig
authors: Patrick C M
authors: PC
authors: Wong
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D000369:Aged, 80 and over; D001309:Auditory Threshold; D003054:Cochlear Implants; D012048:Correction of Hearing Impairment / Q000379:methods*; D003638:Deafness / Q000534:rehabilitation*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D009622:Noise; D013060:Speech; D013067:Speech Perception; D013813:Therapy, Computer-Assisted / Q000379:methods*