Multicenter clinical trial of the Nucleus Hybrid S8 cochlear implant: Final outcomes
The Laryngoscope, 2016 The concept of expanding electrical speech processing to those with more residual acoustic hearing with a less‐invasive shorter cochlear implant (CI) has been ongoing since 1999. A multicenter study of the Nucleus Hybrid S8 CI took place between 2002 and
B. Gantz +5 more
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Electro-Tactile Stimulation Enhances Cochlear Implant Speech Recognition in Noise
Scientific Reports, 2017 For cochlear implant users, combined electro-acoustic stimulation (EAS) significantly improves the performance. However, there are many more users who do not have any functional residual acoustic hearing at low frequencies. Because tactile sensation also
Juan Huang +3 more
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Language skills of profoundly deaf children who received cochlear implants under 12 months of age: a preliminary study [PDF]
, 2008 Conclusion. This study demonstrated that children who receive a cochlear implant below the age of 2 years obtain higher mean receptive and expressive language scores than children implanted over the age of 2 years. Objective.
Bergeson-Dana, Tonya +4 more
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Effects of congenital hearing loss and cochlear implantation on audiovisual speech perception in infants and children [PDF]
, 2010 Purpose: Cochlear implantation has recently become available as an intervention strategy for young children with profound hearing impairment. In fact, infants as young as 6 months are now receiving cochlear implants (CIs), and even younger infants are ...
Bergeson, Tonya R. +2 more
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Challenges in Improving Cochlear Implant Performance and Accessibility
IEEE Transactions on Biomedical Engineering, 2017 Here I identify two gaps in cochlear implants that have been limiting their performance and acceptance. First, cochlear implant performance has remained largely unchanged, despite the number of publications tripling per decade in the last 30 years ...
F. Zeng
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Frontiers in Neuroscience, 2020 Working memory (WM) function can be reduced in patients suffering from unilateral hearing loss (UHL) and can affect their academic performance. We aimed to compare the WM abilities of three categories of children with UHL: patients implanted with hearing
Antonio della Volpe +9 more
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An Examination of the Social Skills of Preschool-Age Children with Cochlear Implants
Ankara Üniversitesi Eğitim Bilimleri Fakültesi Özel Eğitim Dergisi, 2023 Introduction: The preschool period is the most critical time for the development of social skills. Children with cochlear implants experience challenges in many domains, particularly including communication skills.
Esra Yücel, Sevgi Kutlu
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Bilateral cochlear implantation or bimodal listening in the paediatric population : retrospective analysis of decisive criteria [PDF]
, 2018 Introduction: In children with bilateral severe to profound hearing loss, bilateral hearing can be achieved by either bimodal stimulation (CIHA) or bilateral cochlear implantation (BICI).
Dhondt, Cleo +2 more
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The Impact of Age and Duration of Cochlear Implant in a Congenital Deaf Population: An ERP Study [PDF]
, 2016 Objective: It is well known that patients with Cochlear Implant (CI) have a large inter-individual variability in linguistic and auditory performances. This can be related to individual auditory processing abilities and integrity of auditory system from ...
Ermani, Mario +5 more
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Quality of life after intervention with a cochlear implant or hearing aid
The Laryngoscope, 2016 To investigate the impact of hearing aid and cochlear implant use on quality of life in adults.
Kevin J. Contrera +6 more
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