title: Pitch ranking, electrode discrimination, and physiological spread-of-excitation using Cochlear's dual-electrode mode.
abstract: This study compared pitch ranking, electrode discrimination, and electrically evoked compound action potential (ECAP) spatial excitation patterns for adjacent physical electrodes (PEs) and the corresponding dual electrodes (DEs) for newer-generation Cochlear devices (Cochlear Ltd., Macquarie, New South Wales, Australia). The first goal was to determine whether pitch ranking and electrode discrimination yield similar outcomes for PEs and DEs. The second goal was to determine if the amount of spatial separation among ECAP excitation patterns (separation index, Σ) between adjacent PEs and the PE-DE pairs can predict performance on the psychophysical tasks. Using non-adaptive procedures, 13 subjects completed pitch ranking and electrode discrimination for adjacent PEs and the corresponding PE-DE pairs (DE versus each flanking PE) from the basal, middle, and apical electrode regions. Analysis of d' scores indicated that pitch-ranking and electrode-discrimination scores were not significantly different, but rather produced similar levels of performance. As expected, accuracy was significantly better for the PE-PE comparison than either PE-DE comparison. Correlations of the psychophysical versus ECAP Σ measures were positive; however, not all test/region correlations were significant across the array. Thus, the ECAP separation index is not sensitive enough to predict performance on behavioral tasks of pitch ranking or electrode discrimination for adjacent PEs or corresponding DEs.
authors.affiliation: Boys Town National Research Hospital, Lied Learning and Technology Center, 425 North 30th Street, Omaha, Nebraska 68131.
authors.forename: Jenny L
authors.initials: JL
authors.lastname: Goehring
authors.affiliation: Boys Town National Research Hospital, Lied Learning and Technology Center, 425 North 30th Street, Omaha, Nebraska 68131.
authors.forename: Donna L
authors.initials: DL
authors.lastname: Neff
authors.affiliation: Boys Town National Research Hospital, Lied Learning and Technology Center, 425 North 30th Street, Omaha, Nebraska 68131.
authors.forename: Jacquelyn L
authors.initials: JL
authors.lastname: Baudhuin
authors.affiliation: Boys Town National Research Hospital, Lied Learning and Technology Center, 425 North 30th Street, Omaha, Nebraska 68131.
authors.forename: Michelle L
authors.initials: ML
authors.lastname: Hughes
mesh_terms: D000161:Acoustic Stimulation; D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D002648:Child; D019929:Cochlear Implantation / Q000295:instrumentation*; D003054:Cochlear Implants; D004192:Discrimination, Psychological; D004558:Electric Stimulation; D005072:Evoked Potentials, Auditory; D006801:Humans; D007223:Infant; D008144:Loudness Perception; D008875:Middle Aged; D019986:Persons with Hearing Disabilities / Q000523:psychology / Q000534:rehabilitation*; D010898:Pitch Perception; D011474:Prosthesis Design; D011571:Psychoacoustics; D012815:Signal Processing, Computer-Assisted; D055815:Young Adult
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