Psychoacoustic abilities of CI users in relation to speech understanding and localization in a reverberant room
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Over recent years we tested speech understanding and localization abilities of bilateral CI users with an extensive test battery [1, 2]. Figure 1, top panel, shows results of the speech test for seven bilateral CI users. Speech reception thresholds (SRTs) with speech and noise presented from the front were measured in the free-field. SRTs were between 0 and +6 dB, i.e. performance differed despite all participants using the same cochlear implant (CI) devices.
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تاریخ انتشار 2013