Artikel
Speech understanding in noise using cochlear implants
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Autoren
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József G. Kiss
- University of Szeged, Department of Otolaryngology, Head and Neck Surgery, Szeged, Hungary
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Ferenc Tóth
- University of Szeged, Department of Otolaryngology, Head and Neck Surgery, Szeged, Hungary
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Alice Szamosközi
- University of Szeged, Department of Otolaryngology, Head and Neck Surgery, Szeged, Hungary
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Attila L. Nagy
- University of Szeged, Department of Otolaryngology, Head and Neck Surgery, Szeged, Hungary
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József Jóri
- University of Szeged, Department of Otolaryngology, Head and Neck Surgery, Szeged, Hungary
| Veröffentlicht: | 22. September 2005 |
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Gliederung
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Everyday communication doesn't occur in a “sterile” environment, it is disturbed by many factors, such as noise, surrounding us. A hearing aid – and such a cochlear implant as well – must be programmed and fitted in a different manner when to be used in noisy or in a quiescent environment. That is why the control of speech understanding so important is.
The authors performed speech recognition tests on 15 cochlear implant users under different background noise conditions. The tests covered number, word, and sentence recognition tests.
The results showed that with intensifying background noise speech understanding worsened, still most of our cochlear implant users performed well in these circumstances. When fitting the speech processor, the primary goal should not be to reach the best pure tone threshold level, since it worsens the cochlear users' speech understanding performance in a noisy environment.
