Electric and Acoustic Stimulation in Cochlear Implant Recipients with Hearing Preservation

The Sound Sensation of Apical Electric Stimulation in Cochlear Implant Recipients with Contralateral Residual Hearing

BACKGROUND Studies using vocoders as acoustic simulators of cochlear implants have generally focused on simulation of speech understanding, gender recognition, or music appreciation. The aim of the present experiment was to study the auditory sensation perceived by cochlear implant (CI) recipients with steady electrical stimulation on the most-apical electrode. METHODOLOGY/PRINCIPAL FINDINGS ...

Hearing Preservation in Cochlear Implant Surgery

In the past, it was thought that hearing loss patients with residual low-frequency hearing would not be good candidates for cochlear implantation since insertion was expected to induce inner ear trauma. Recent advances in electrode design and surgical techniques have made the preservation of residual low-frequency hearing achievable and desirable. The importance of preserving residual low-frequ...

Auditory Perception and Verbal Intelligibility in Children with Cochlear Implant, Hearing Aids and Normal Hearing

Objective: The aim of the present research was to compare the auditory perception and verbal intelligibility in children with cochlear implant, hearing aids and normal hearing. Methods: 60 children aged 5-7 years were divided to three groups and each group contained 20 children. The first and second groups were selected ordinarily from children with cochlear implant and hearing aids by conve...

Facial Nerve Stimulation in Cochlear Implant Patients

Hearing preservation and speech perception outcomes with electric-acoustic stimulation after 12 months of listening experience.

OBJECTIVES/HYPOTHESIS To report on single-center data of an FDA-approved clinical trial on the objective benefits of cochlear implantation and subsequent ipsilateral Electric-Acoustic Stimulation (EAS). STUDY DESIGN Single-center data from a prospective, multicenter clinical trial. METHODS Eighteen subjects completed the 12-month EAS evaluation and were included in this evaluation. Each pat...