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Jahn KN, Wiegand-Shahani BM, Moturi V, Kashiwagura ST, Doak KR. Cochlear-implant simulated spectral degradation attenuates emotional responses to environmental sounds. Int J Audiol 2024:1-7. [PMID: 39146030 DOI: 10.1080/14992027.2024.2385552] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/12/2023] [Accepted: 07/22/2024] [Indexed: 08/17/2024]
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OBJECTIVE Cochlear implants (CI) provide users with a spectrally degraded acoustic signal that could impact their auditory emotional experiences. This study evaluated the effects of CI-simulated spectral degradation on emotional valence and arousal elicited by environmental sounds. DESIGN Thirty emotionally evocative sounds were filtered through a noise-band vocoder. Participants rated the perceived valence and arousal elicited by each of the full-spectrum and vocoded stimuli. These ratings were compared across acoustic conditions (full-spectrum, vocoded) and as a function of stimulus type (unpleasant, neutral, pleasant). STUDY SAMPLE Twenty-five young adults (age 19 to 34 years) with normal hearing. RESULTS Emotional responses were less extreme for spectrally degraded (i.e., vocoded) sounds than for full-spectrum sounds. Specifically, spectrally degraded stimuli were perceived as more negative and less arousing than full-spectrum stimuli. CONCLUSION By meticulously replicating CI spectral degradation while controlling for variables that are confounded within CI users, these findings indicate that CI spectral degradation can compress the range of sound-induced emotion independent of hearing loss and other idiosyncratic device- or person-level variables. Future work will characterize emotional reactions to sound in CI users via objective, psychoacoustic, and subjective measures.
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- Kelly N Jahn
- Department of Speech, Language, and Hearing, The University of Texas at Dallas, Richardson, TX, USA
- Callier Center for Communication Disorders, The University of Texas at Dallas, Dallas, TX, USA
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- Department of Speech, Language, and Hearing, The University of Texas at Dallas, Richardson, TX, USA
- Callier Center for Communication Disorders, The University of Texas at Dallas, Dallas, TX, USA
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- Department of Speech, Language, and Hearing, The University of Texas at Dallas, Richardson, TX, USA
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- Department of Speech, Language, and Hearing, The University of Texas at Dallas, Richardson, TX, USA
- Callier Center for Communication Disorders, The University of Texas at Dallas, Dallas, TX, USA
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- Department of Speech, Language, and Hearing, The University of Texas at Dallas, Richardson, TX, USA
- Callier Center for Communication Disorders, The University of Texas at Dallas, Dallas, TX, USA
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DeFreese A, Camarata S, Sunderhaus L, Holder J, Berg K, Lighterink M, Gifford R. The impact of spectral and temporal processing on speech recognition in children with cochlear implants. Sci Rep 2024; 14:14094. [PMID: 38890428 PMCID: PMC11189542 DOI: 10.1038/s41598-024-63932-w] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/07/2024] [Accepted: 06/03/2024] [Indexed: 06/20/2024] Open
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While the relationships between spectral resolution, temporal resolution, and speech recognition are well defined in adults with cochlear implants (CIs), they are not well defined for prelingually deafened children with CIs, for whom language development is ongoing. This cross-sectional study aimed to better characterize these relationships in a large cohort of prelingually deafened children with CIs (N = 47; mean age = 8.33 years) by comprehensively measuring spectral resolution thresholds (measured via spectral modulation detection), temporal resolution thresholds (measured via sinusoidal amplitude modulation detection), and speech recognition (measured via monosyllabic word recognition, vowel recognition, and sentence recognition in noise via both fixed signal-to-noise ratio (SNR) and adaptively varied SNR). Results indicated that neither spectral or temporal resolution were significantly correlated with speech recognition in quiet or noise for children with CIs. Both age and CI experience had a moderate effect on spectral resolution, with significant effects for spectral modulation detection at a modulation rate of 0.5 cyc/oct, suggesting spectral resolution may improve with maturation. Thus, it is possible we may see an emerging relationship between spectral resolution and speech perception over time for children with CIs. While further investigation into this relationship is warranted, these findings demonstrate the need for new investigations to uncover ways of improving spectral resolution for children with CIs.
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- Andrea DeFreese
- Department of Hearing and Speech Sciences, Vanderbilt University Medical Center, 1215 21st Avenue South, Nashville, TN, 37232, USA.
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- Department of Hearing and Speech Sciences, Vanderbilt University Medical Center, 1215 21st Avenue South, Nashville, TN, 37232, USA
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- Department of Hearing and Speech Sciences, Vanderbilt University Medical Center, 1215 21st Avenue South, Nashville, TN, 37232, USA
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- Department of Hearing and Speech Sciences, Vanderbilt University Medical Center, 1215 21st Avenue South, Nashville, TN, 37232, USA
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- Department of Hearing and Speech Sciences, Vanderbilt University Medical Center, 1215 21st Avenue South, Nashville, TN, 37232, USA
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- Department of Hearing and Speech Sciences, Vanderbilt University Medical Center, 1215 21st Avenue South, Nashville, TN, 37232, USA
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- Department of Hearing and Speech Sciences, Vanderbilt University Medical Center, 1215 21st Avenue South, Nashville, TN, 37232, USA
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Fagniart S, Delvaux V, Harmegnies B, Huberlant A, Huet K, Piccaluga M, Watterman I, Charlier B. Nasal/Oral Vowel Perception in French-Speaking Children With Cochlear Implants and Children With Typical Hearing. JOURNAL OF SPEECH, LANGUAGE, AND HEARING RESEARCH : JSLHR 2024; 67:1243-1267. [PMID: 38457658 DOI: 10.1044/2024_jslhr-23-00274] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 03/10/2024]
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PURPOSE The present study investigates the perception of vowel nasality in French-speaking children with cochlear implants (CIs; CI group) and children with typical hearing (TH; TH group) aged 4-12 years. By investigating the vocalic nasality feature in French, the study aims to document more broadly the effects of the acoustic limitations of CI in processing segments characterized by acoustic cues that require optimal spectral resolution. The impact of various factors related to children's characteristics, such as chronological/auditory age, age of implantation, and exposure to cued speech, has been studied on performance, and the acoustic characteristics of the stimuli in perceptual tasks have also been investigated. METHOD Identification and discrimination tasks involving French nasal and oral vowels were administered to two groups of children: 13 children with CIs (CI group) and 25 children with TH (TH group) divided into three age groups (4-6 years, 7-9 years, and 10-12 years). French nasal vowels were paired with their oral phonological counterpart (phonological pairing) as well as to the closest oral vowel in terms of phonetic proximity (phonetic pairing). Post hoc acoustic analyses of the stimuli were linked to the performance in perception. RESULTS The results indicate an effect of the auditory status on the performance in the two tasks, with the CI group performing at a lower level than the TH group. However, the scores of the children in the CI group are well above chance level, exceeding 80%. The most common errors in identification were substitutions between nasal vowels and phonetically close oral vowels as well as confusions between the phoneme /u/ and other oral vowels. Phonetic pairs showed lower discrimination performance in the CI group with great variability in the results. Age effects were observed only in TH children for nasal vowel identification, whereas in children with CIs, a positive impact of cued speech practice and early implantation was found. Differential links between performance and acoustic characteristics were found within our groups, suggesting that in children with CIs, selective use of certain acoustic features, presumed to be better transmitted by the implant, leads to better perceptual performance. CONCLUSIONS The study's results reveal specific challenges in children with CIs when processing segments characterized by fine spectral resolution cues. However, the CI children in our study appear to effectively compensate for these difficulties by utilizing various acoustic cues assumed to be well transmitted by the implant, such as cues related to the temporal resolution of stimuli. SUPPLEMENTAL MATERIAL https://doi.org/10.23641/asha.25328704.
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- Sophie Fagniart
- Language Sciences and Metrology Unit, University of Mons, Belgium
- Research Institute for Language Science and Technology, University of Mons, Belgium
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- Language Sciences and Metrology Unit, University of Mons, Belgium
- Research Institute for Language Science and Technology, University of Mons, Belgium
- Université Libre de Bruxelles, Brussels, Belgium
- Fund for Scientific Research (F.R.S.-FNRS), Brussels, Belgium
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- Research Institute for Language Science and Technology, University of Mons, Belgium
- Université Libre de Bruxelles, Brussels, Belgium
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- Functional Rehabilitation Center "Comprendre et Parler," Brussels, Belgium
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- Language Sciences and Metrology Unit, University of Mons, Belgium
- Research Institute for Language Science and Technology, University of Mons, Belgium
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- Language Sciences and Metrology Unit, University of Mons, Belgium
- Research Institute for Language Science and Technology, University of Mons, Belgium
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- Université Libre de Bruxelles, Brussels, Belgium
- Functional Rehabilitation Center "Comprendre et Parler," Brussels, Belgium
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- Université Libre de Bruxelles, Brussels, Belgium
- Functional Rehabilitation Center "Comprendre et Parler," Brussels, Belgium
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Noble AR, Halverson DM, Resnick J, Broncheau M, Rubinstein JT, Horn DL. Spectral Resolution and Speech Perception in Cochlear Implanted School-Aged Children. Otolaryngol Head Neck Surg 2024; 170:230-238. [PMID: 37365946 PMCID: PMC10836047 DOI: 10.1002/ohn.408] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/06/2023] [Revised: 05/03/2023] [Accepted: 06/04/2023] [Indexed: 06/28/2023]
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OBJECTIVE Cochlear implantation of prelingually deaf infants provides auditory input sufficient to develop spoken language; however, outcomes remain variable. Inability to participate in speech perception testing limits testing device efficacy in young listeners. In postlingually implanted adults (aCI), speech perception correlates with spectral resolution an ability that relies independently on frequency resolution (FR) and spectral modulation sensitivity (SMS). The correlation of spectral resolution to speech perception is unknown in prelingually implanted children (cCI). In this study, FR and SMS were measured using a spectral ripple discrimination (SRD) task and were correlated with vowel and consonant identification. It was hypothesized that prelingually deaf cCI would show immature SMS relative to postlingually deaf aCI and that FR would correlate with speech identification. STUDY DESIGN Cross-sectional study. SETTING In-person, booth testing. METHODS SRD was used to determine the highest spectral ripple density perceived at various modulation depths. FR and SMS were derived from spectral modulation transfer functions. Vowel and consonant identification was measured; SRD performance and speech identification were analyzed for correlation. RESULTS Fifteen prelingually implanted cCI and 13 postlingually implanted aCI were included. FR and SMS were similar between cCI and aCI. Better FR was associated with better speech identification for most measures. CONCLUSION Prelingually implanted cCI demonstrated adult-like FR and SMS; additionally, FR correlated with speech identification. FR may be a measure of CI efficacy in young listeners.
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- Anisha R. Noble
- Division of Pediatric Otolaryngology – Head and Neck Surgery, Cincinnati Children’s Hospital Medical Center, Cincinnati, OH, USA
- Virginia Merrill Bloedel Hearing Research Center, Department of Otolaryngology – Head and Neck Surgery, University of Washington, Seattle, WA, USA
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- Virginia Merrill Bloedel Hearing Research Center, Department of Otolaryngology – Head and Neck Surgery, University of Washington, Seattle, WA, USA
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- Department of Internal Medicine, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI, USA
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- Virginia Merrill Bloedel Hearing Research Center, Department of Otolaryngology – Head and Neck Surgery, University of Washington, Seattle, WA, USA
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- Virginia Merrill Bloedel Hearing Research Center, Department of Otolaryngology – Head and Neck Surgery, University of Washington, Seattle, WA, USA
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- Virginia Merrill Bloedel Hearing Research Center, Department of Otolaryngology – Head and Neck Surgery, University of Washington, Seattle, WA, USA
- Department of Speech and Hearing Sciences, University of Washington, Seattle, WA, USA
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Everhardt MK, Jung DE, Stiensma B, Lowie W, Başkent D, Sarampalis A. Foreign Language Acquisition in Adolescent Cochlear Implant Users. Ear Hear 2024; 45:174-185. [PMID: 37747307 PMCID: PMC10718217 DOI: 10.1097/aud.0000000000001410] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/14/2022] [Accepted: 06/20/2023] [Indexed: 09/26/2023]
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OBJECTIVES This study explores to what degree adolescent cochlear implant (CI) users can learn a foreign language in a school setting similar to their normal-hearing (NH) peers despite the degraded auditory input. DESIGN A group of native Dutch adolescent CI users (age range 13 to 17 years) learning English as a foreign language at secondary school and a group of NH controls (age range 12 to 15 years) were assessed on their Dutch and English language skills using various language tasks that either relied on the processing of auditory information (i.e., listening task) or on the processing of orthographic information (i.e., reading and/or gap-fill task). The test battery also included various auditory and cognitive tasks to assess whether the auditory and cognitive functioning of the learners could explain the potential variation in language skills. RESULTS Results showed that adolescent CI users can learn English as a foreign language, as the English language skills of the CI users and their NH peers were comparable when assessed with reading or gap-fill tasks. However, the performance of the adolescent CI users was lower for English listening tasks. This discrepancy between task performance was not observed in their native language Dutch. The auditory tasks confirmed that the adolescent CI users had coarser temporal and spectral resolution than their NH peers, supporting the notion that the difference in foreign language listening skills may be due to a difference in auditory functioning. No differences in the cognitive functioning of the CI users and their NH peers were found that could explain the variation in the foreign language listening tasks. CONCLUSIONS In short, acquiring a foreign language with degraded auditory input appears to affect foreign language listening skills, yet does not appear to impact foreign language skills when assessed with tasks that rely on the processing of orthographic information. CI users could take advantage of orthographic information to facilitate foreign language acquisition and potentially support the development of listening-based foreign language skills.
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- Marita K. Everhardt
- Center for Language and Cognition Groningen, University of Groningen, Netherlands
- Department of Otorhinolaryngology/Head and Neck Surgery, University Medical Center Groningen, University of Groningen, Netherlands
- Research School of Behavioural and Cognitive Neurosciences, University of Groningen, Netherlands
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- Department of Otorhinolaryngology/Head and Neck Surgery, University Medical Center Groningen, University of Groningen, Netherlands
- Research School of Behavioural and Cognitive Neurosciences, University of Groningen, Netherlands
- Department of Psychology, University of Groningen, Netherlands
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- Research School of Behavioural and Cognitive Neurosciences, University of Groningen, Netherlands
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- Center for Language and Cognition Groningen, University of Groningen, Netherlands
- Research School of Behavioural and Cognitive Neurosciences, University of Groningen, Netherlands
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- Department of Otorhinolaryngology/Head and Neck Surgery, University Medical Center Groningen, University of Groningen, Netherlands
- Research School of Behavioural and Cognitive Neurosciences, University of Groningen, Netherlands
- W.J. Kolff Institute for Biomedical Engineering and Materials Science, University Medical Center Groningen, University of Groningen, Netherlands
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- Research School of Behavioural and Cognitive Neurosciences, University of Groningen, Netherlands
- Department of Psychology, University of Groningen, Netherlands
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Zhang Y, Callejón-Leblic MA, Picazo-Reina AM, Blanco-Trejo S, Patou F, Sánchez-Gómez S. Impact of SNR, peripheral auditory sensitivity, and central cognitive profile on the psychometric relation between pupillary response and speech performance in CI users. Front Neurosci 2023; 17:1307777. [PMID: 38188029 PMCID: PMC10768066 DOI: 10.3389/fnins.2023.1307777] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/05/2023] [Accepted: 12/05/2023] [Indexed: 01/09/2024] Open
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Despite substantial technical advances and wider clinical use, cochlear implant (CI) users continue to report high and elevated listening effort especially under challenging noisy conditions. Among all the objective measures to quantify listening effort, pupillometry is one of the most widely used and robust physiological measures. Previous studies with normally hearing (NH) and hearing-impaired (HI) listeners have shown that the relation between speech performance in noise and listening effort (as measured by peak pupil dilation) is not linear and exhibits an inverted-U shape. However, it is unclear whether the same psychometric relation exists in CI users, and whether individual differences in auditory sensitivity and central cognitive capacity affect this relation. Therefore, we recruited 17 post-lingually deaf CI adults to perform speech-in-noise tasks from 0 to 20 dB SNR with a 4 dB step size. Simultaneously, their pupillary responses and self-reported subjective effort were recorded. To characterize top-down and bottom-up individual variabilities, a spectro-temporal modulation task and a set of cognitive abilities were measured. Clinical word recognition in quiet and Quality of Life (QoL) were also collected. Results showed that at a group level, an inverted-U shape psychometric curve between task difficulty (SNR) and peak pupil dilation (PPD) was not observed. Individual shape of the psychometric curve was significantly associated with some individual factors: CI users with higher clinical word and speech-in-noise recognition showed a quadratic decrease of PPD over increasing SNRs; CI users with better non-verbal intelligence and lower QoL showed smaller average PPD. To summarize, individual differences in CI users had a significant impact on the psychometric relation between pupillary response and task difficulty, hence affecting the interpretation of pupillary response as listening effort (or engagement) at different task difficulty levels. Future research and clinical applications should further characterize the possible effects of individual factors (such as motivation or engagement) in modulating CI users' occurrence of 'tipping point' on their psychometric functions, and develop an individualized method for reliably quantifying listening effort using pupillometry.
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- Yue Zhang
- Department of Research and Technology, Oticon Medical, Vallauris, France
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- Oticon Medical, Madrid, Spain
- ENT Department, Virgen Macarena University Hospital, Seville, Spain
- Biomedical Engineering Group, University of Sevillel, Sevillel, Spain
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- Department of Research and Technology, Oticon Medical, Smørum, Denmark
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Kılıç M, Kara E. Investigation of hearing aid users' speech understanding in noise and their spectral-temporal resolution skills. J Otol 2023; 18:146-151. [PMID: 37497328 PMCID: PMC10366584 DOI: 10.1016/j.joto.2023.04.001] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/14/2022] [Revised: 04/01/2023] [Accepted: 04/22/2023] [Indexed: 07/28/2023] Open
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Purpose Our study aims to compare speech understanding in noise and spectral- temporal resolution skills with regard to the degree of hearing loss, age, hearing aid use experience and gender of hearing aid users. Methods Our study included sixty-eight hearing aid users aged between 40-70 years, with bilateral mild and moderate symmetrical sensorineural hearing loss. Random gap detection test, Turkish matrix test and spectral-temporally modulated ripple test were implemented on the participants with bilateral hearing aids. The test results acquired were compared statistically according to different variables and the correlations were examined. Results No statistically significant differences were observed for speech-in-noise recognition, spectral-temporal resolution among older and younger adults in hearing aid users (p>0.05). There wasn't found a statistically significant difference among test outcomes as regards different hearing loss degrees (p>0.05). Higher performances were obtained in terms of temporal resolution in male participants and participants with more hearing aid use experience (p<0.05). Significant correlations were obtained between the results of speech-in-noise recognition, temporal resolution and spectral resolution tests performed with hearing aids (p<0.05). Conclusion Our study findings emphasized the importance of regular hearing aid use and it showed that some auditory skills can be improved with hearing aids. Observation of correlations among the speech-in-noise recognition, temporal resolution and spectral resolution tests have revealed that these skills should be evaluated as a whole to maximize the patient's communication abilities.
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- Mert Kılıç
- Istanbul University-Cerrahpaşa, Institute of Graduate Studies, Department of Audiology, Istanbul, Turkey
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- Istanbul University-Cerrahpaşa, Faculty of Health Sciences, Department of Audiology, Istanbul, Turkey
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Harris MS, Hamel BL, Wichert K, Kozlowski K, Mleziva S, Ray C, Pisoni DB, Kronenberger WG, Moberly AC. Contribution of Verbal Learning & Memory and Spectro-Temporal Discrimination to Speech Recognition in Cochlear Implant Users. Laryngoscope 2023; 133:661-669. [PMID: 35567421 PMCID: PMC9659673 DOI: 10.1002/lary.30210] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/30/2021] [Revised: 04/01/2022] [Accepted: 05/03/2022] [Indexed: 11/10/2022]
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OBJECTIVES Existing cochlear implant (CI) outcomes research demonstrates a high degree of variability in device effectiveness among experienced CI users. Increasing evidence suggests that verbal learning and memory (VL&M) may have an influence on speech recognition with CIs. This study examined the relations in CI users between visual measures of VL&M and speech recognition in a series of models that also incorporated spectro-temporal discrimination. Predictions were that (1) speech recognition would be associated with VL&M abilities and (2) VL&M would contribute to speech recognition outcomes above and beyond spectro-temporal discrimination in multivariable models of speech recognition. METHODS This cross-sectional study included 30 adult postlingually deaf experienced CI users who completed a nonauditory visual version of the California Verbal Learning Test-Second Edition (v-CVLT-II) to assess VL&M, and the Spectral-Temporally Modulated Ripple Test (SMRT), an auditory measure of spectro-temporal processing. Participants also completed a battery of word and sentence recognition tasks. RESULTS CI users showed significant correlations between some v-CVLT-II measures (short-delay free- and cued-recall, retroactive interference, and "subjective" organizational recall strategies) and speech recognition measures. Performance on the SMRT was correlated with all speech recognition measures. Hierarchical multivariable linear regression analyses showed that SMRT performance accounted for a significant degree of speech recognition outcome variance. Moreover, for all speech recognition measures, VL&M scores contributed independently in addition to SMRT. CONCLUSION Measures of spectro-temporal discrimination and VL&M were associated with speech recognition in CI users. After accounting for spectro-temporal discrimination, VL&M contributed independently to performance on measures of speech recognition for words and sentences produced by single and multiple talkers. LEVEL OF EVIDENCE 3 Laryngoscope, 133:661-669, 2023.
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- Michael S. Harris
- Department of Otolaryngology & Communication Sciences, Medical College of Wisconsin, Milwaukee, WI
- Department of Neurosurgery, Medical College of Wisconsin, Milwaukee, WI
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- Department of Communication Sciences & Disorders, University of Wisconsin - Eau Claire, Eau Claire, WI
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- Department of Otolaryngology & Communication Sciences, Medical College of Wisconsin, Milwaukee, WI
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- Department of Otolaryngology & Communication Sciences, Medical College of Wisconsin, Milwaukee, WI
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- Department of Otolaryngology – Head & Neck Surgery, The Ohio State Wexner Medical Center, Columbus, OH
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- Speech Research Laboratory, Department of Psychology, Indiana University, Bloomington, IN
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- Department of Otolaryngology – Head & Neck Surgery, The Ohio State Wexner Medical Center, Columbus, OH
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Jahn KN, Arenberg JG, Horn DL. Spectral Resolution Development in Children With Normal Hearing and With Cochlear Implants: A Review of Behavioral Studies. JOURNAL OF SPEECH, LANGUAGE, AND HEARING RESEARCH : JSLHR 2022; 65:1646-1658. [PMID: 35201848 PMCID: PMC9499384 DOI: 10.1044/2021_jslhr-21-00307] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/02/2021] [Revised: 09/09/2021] [Accepted: 12/01/2021] [Indexed: 06/14/2023]
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PURPOSE This review article provides a theoretical overview of the development of spectral resolution in children with normal hearing (cNH) and in those who use cochlear implants (CIs), with an emphasis on methodological considerations. The aim was to identify key directions for future research on spectral resolution development in children with CIs. METHOD A comprehensive literature review was conducted to summarize and synthesize previously published behavioral research on spectral resolution development in normal and impaired auditory systems. CONCLUSIONS In cNH, performance on spectral resolution tasks continues to improve through the teenage years and is likely driven by gradual maturation of across-channel intensity resolution. A small but growing body of evidence from children with CIs suggests a more complex relationship between spectral resolution development, patient demographics, and the quality of the CI electrode-neuron interface. Future research should aim to distinguish between the effects of patient-specific variables and the underlying physiology on spectral resolution abilities in children of all ages who are hard of hearing and use auditory prostheses.
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- Kelly N. Jahn
- Department of Speech, Language, and Hearing, School of Behavioral and Brain Sciences, The University of Texas at Dallas, Richardson
- Callier Center for Communication Disorders, The University of Texas at Dallas
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- Department of Otolaryngology – Head and Neck Surgery, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA
- Eaton-Peabody Laboratories, Massachusetts Eye and Ear, Boston
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- Virginia Merrill Bloedel Hearing Research Center, Department of Otolaryngology – Head and Neck Surgery, University of Washington, Seattle
- Division of Otolaryngology, Seattle Children's Hospital, WA
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Moberly AC, Lewis JH, Vasil KJ, Ray C, Tamati TN. Bottom-Up Signal Quality Impacts the Role of Top-Down Cognitive-Linguistic Processing During Speech Recognition by Adults with Cochlear Implants. Otol Neurotol 2021; 42:S33-S41. [PMID: 34766942 PMCID: PMC8597903 DOI: 10.1097/mao.0000000000003377] [Citation(s) in RCA: 14] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/19/2022]
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HYPOTHESES Significant variability persists in speech recognition outcomes in adults with cochlear implants (CIs). Sensory ("bottom-up") and cognitive-linguistic ("top-down") processes help explain this variability. However, the interactions of these bottom-up and top-down factors remain unclear. One hypothesis was tested: top-down processes would contribute differentially to speech recognition, depending on the fidelity of bottom-up input. BACKGROUND Bottom-up spectro-temporal processing, assessed using a Spectral-Temporally Modulated Ripple Test (SMRT), is associated with CI speech recognition outcomes. Similarly, top-down cognitive-linguistic skills relate to outcomes, including working memory capacity, inhibition-concentration, speed of lexical access, and nonverbal reasoning. METHODS Fifty-one adult CI users were tested for word and sentence recognition, along with performance on the SMRT and a battery of cognitive-linguistic tests. The group was divided into "low-," "intermediate-," and "high-SMRT" groups, based on SMRT scores. Separate correlation analyses were performed for each subgroup between a composite score of cognitive-linguistic processing and speech recognition. RESULTS Associations of top-down composite scores with speech recognition were not significant for the low-SMRT group. In contrast, these associations were significant and of medium effect size (Spearman's rho = 0.44-0.46) for two sentence types for the intermediate-SMRT group. For the high-SMRT group, top-down scores were associated with both word and sentence recognition, with medium to large effect sizes (Spearman's rho = 0.45-0.58). CONCLUSIONS Top-down processes contribute differentially to speech recognition in CI users based on the quality of bottom-up input. Findings have clinical implications for individualized treatment approaches relying on bottom-up device programming or top-down rehabilitation approaches.
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- Aaron C Moberly
- Department of Otolaryngology - Head & Neck Surgery, The Ohio State University Wexner Medical Center, Columbus, Ohio, USA
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- Department of Otolaryngology - Head & Neck Surgery, The Ohio State University Wexner Medical Center, Columbus, Ohio, USA
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- Department of Otolaryngology - Head & Neck Surgery, The Ohio State University Wexner Medical Center, Columbus, Ohio, USA
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- Department of Otolaryngology - Head & Neck Surgery, The Ohio State University Wexner Medical Center, Columbus, Ohio, USA
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- Department of Otolaryngology - Head & Neck Surgery, The Ohio State University Wexner Medical Center, Columbus, Ohio, USA
- Department of Otorhinolaryngology - Head and Neck Surgery, University of Groningen, University Medical Center Groningen, Groningen, The Netherlands
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Horn D, Walter M, Rubinstein J, Lau BK. Electrophysiological responses to spectral ripple envelope phase inversion in typical hearing 2- to 4-month-olds. PROCEEDINGS OF MEETINGS ON ACOUSTICS. ACOUSTICAL SOCIETY OF AMERICA 2021; 45:050003. [PMID: 35891886 PMCID: PMC9311477 DOI: 10.1121/2.0001558] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/15/2023]
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- David Horn
- University of Washington, Department of Otolaryngology-Head & Neck Surgery
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- University of Washington, Department of Otolaryngology-Head & Neck Surgery
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- University of Washington, Department of Otolaryngology-Head & Neck Surgery
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- University of Washington, Department of Otolaryngology-Head & Neck Surgery
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Nittrouer S, Lowenstein JH, Sinex DG. The contribution of spectral processing to the acquisition of phonological sensitivity by adolescent cochlear implant users and normal-hearing controls. THE JOURNAL OF THE ACOUSTICAL SOCIETY OF AMERICA 2021; 150:2116. [PMID: 34598601 PMCID: PMC8463097 DOI: 10.1121/10.0006416] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/20/2021] [Revised: 08/27/2021] [Accepted: 09/01/2021] [Indexed: 05/31/2023]
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This study tested the hypotheses that (1) adolescents with cochlear implants (CIs) experience impaired spectral processing abilities, and (2) those impaired spectral processing abilities constrain acquisition of skills based on sensitivity to phonological structure but not those based on lexical or syntactic (lexicosyntactic) knowledge. To test these hypotheses, spectral modulation detection (SMD) thresholds were measured for 14-year-olds with normal hearing (NH) or CIs. Three measures each of phonological and lexicosyntactic skills were obtained and used to generate latent scores of each kind of skill. Relationships between SMD thresholds and both latent scores were assessed. Mean SMD threshold was poorer for adolescents with CIs than for adolescents with NH. Both latent lexicosyntactic and phonological scores were poorer for the adolescents with CIs, but the latent phonological score was disproportionately so. SMD thresholds were significantly associated with phonological but not lexicosyntactic skill for both groups. The only audiologic factor that also correlated with phonological latent scores for adolescents with CIs was the aided threshold, but it did not explain the observed relationship between SMD thresholds and phonological latent scores. Continued research is required to find ways of enhancing spectral processing for children with CIs to support their acquisition of phonological sensitivity.
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- Susan Nittrouer
- Department of Speech, Language, and Hearing Sciences, University of Florida, Gainesville, Florida 32610, USA
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- Department of Speech, Language, and Hearing Sciences, University of Florida, Gainesville, Florida 32610, USA
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- Department of Speech, Language, and Hearing Sciences, University of Florida, Gainesville, Florida 32610, USA
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Evaluation of auditory spectral resolution abilities in children with benign epilepsy with centrotemporal spikes using spectral temporally modulated ripple test. Epilepsy Behav 2021; 114:107620. [PMID: 33268014 DOI: 10.1016/j.yebeh.2020.107620] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/01/2020] [Revised: 10/26/2020] [Accepted: 10/31/2020] [Indexed: 11/21/2022]
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PURPOSE Spectral resolution is imperative for complex listening tasks such as understanding speech in the presence of background noise and has a significant role in children, particularly classroom learning. The present study evaluated the auditory spectral resolution abilities of children with Benign epilepsy with centrotemporal spikes (BECTS). METHOD This cross-sectional study conducted from August 2017 to March 2020 recruited 23 children with clinical and electrographic features consistent with BECTS as cases. Fifteen age and sex matched typically developing children (TDC) were taken as controls. Spectral resolution abilities were evaluated using the recently developed Spectral temporally modulated Ripple test (SMRT). RESULTS The mean age of the cases was 10.63 ± 1.91 years with a slight male preponderance (69%). The mean (±SD) SMRT thresholds in the cases and controls were 5.90 (±1.91) and 7.21 (±1.03) respectively. The auditory spectral resolution threshold measured by SMRT in children with BECTS was observed to be significantly lower when compared to the controls (p of 0.021). CONCLUSION Children with BECTS have a lower spectral resolution threshold by SMRT.
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DiNino M, Arenberg JG, Duchen ALR, Winn MB. Effects of Age and Cochlear Implantation on Spectrally Cued Speech Categorization. JOURNAL OF SPEECH, LANGUAGE, AND HEARING RESEARCH : JSLHR 2020; 63:2425-2440. [PMID: 32552327 PMCID: PMC7838840 DOI: 10.1044/2020_jslhr-19-00127] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/06/2019] [Revised: 08/12/2019] [Accepted: 03/30/2020] [Indexed: 06/11/2023]
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Purpose Weighting of acoustic cues for perceiving place-of-articulation speech contrasts was measured to determine the separate and interactive effects of age and use of cochlear implants (CIs). It has been found that adults with normal hearing (NH) show reliance on fine-grained spectral information (e.g., formants), whereas adults with CIs show reliance on broad spectral shape (e.g., spectral tilt). In question was whether children with NH and CIs would demonstrate the same patterns as adults, or show differences based on ongoing maturation of hearing and phonetic skills. Method Children and adults with NH and with CIs categorized a /b/-/d/ speech contrast based on two orthogonal spectral cues. Among CI users, phonetic cue weights were compared to vowel identification scores and Spectral-Temporally Modulated Ripple Test thresholds. Results NH children and adults both relied relatively more on the fine-grained formant cue and less on the broad spectral tilt cue compared to participants with CIs. However, early-implanted children with CIs better utilized the formant cue compared to adult CI users. Formant cue weights correlated with CI participants' vowel recognition and in children, also related to Spectral-Temporally Modulated Ripple Test thresholds. Adults and child CI users with very poor phonetic perception showed additive use of the two cues, whereas those with better and/or more mature cue usage showed a prioritized trading relationship, akin to NH listeners. Conclusions Age group and hearing modality can influence phonetic cue-weighting patterns. Results suggest that simple nonlexical categorization tests correlate with more general speech recognition skills of children and adults with CIs.
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- Mishaela DiNino
- Department of Psychology, Carnegie Mellon University, Pittsburgh, PA
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- Massachusetts Eye and Ear, Harvard Medical School Department of Otolaryngology, Boston
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- Department of Speech-Language-Hearing Sciences, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis
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Tamati TN, Ray C, Vasil KJ, Pisoni DB, Moberly AC. High- and Low-Performing Adult Cochlear Implant Users on High-Variability Sentence Recognition: Differences in Auditory Spectral Resolution and Neurocognitive Functioning. J Am Acad Audiol 2020; 31:324-335. [PMID: 31580802 DOI: 10.3766/jaaa.18106] [Citation(s) in RCA: 30] [Impact Index Per Article: 7.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/19/2022]
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BACKGROUND Postlingually deafened adult cochlear implant (CI) users routinely display large individual differences in the ability to recognize and understand speech, especially in adverse listening conditions. Although individual differences have been linked to several sensory (''bottom-up'') and cognitive (''top-down'') factors, little is currently known about the relative contributions of these factors in high- and low-performing CI users. PURPOSE The aim of the study was to investigate differences in sensory functioning and neurocognitive functioning between high- and low-performing CI users on the Perceptually Robust English Sentence Test Open-set (PRESTO), a high-variability sentence recognition test containing sentence materials produced by multiple male and female talkers with diverse regional accents. RESEARCH DESIGN CI users with accuracy scores in the upper (HiPRESTO) or lower quartiles (LoPRESTO) on PRESTO in quiet completed a battery of behavioral tasks designed to assess spectral resolution and neurocognitive functioning. STUDY SAMPLE Twenty-one postlingually deafened adult CI users, with 11 HiPRESTO and 10 LoPRESTO participants. DATA COLLECTION AND ANALYSIS A discriminant analysis was carried out to determine the extent to which measures of spectral resolution and neurocognitive functioning discriminate HiPRESTO and LoPRESTO CI users. Auditory spectral resolution was measured using the Spectral-Temporally Modulated Ripple Test (SMRT). Neurocognitive functioning was assessed with visual measures of working memory (digit span), inhibitory control (Stroop), speed of lexical/phonological access (Test of Word Reading Efficiency), and nonverbal reasoning (Raven's Progressive Matrices). RESULTS HiPRESTO and LoPRESTO CI users were discriminated primarily by performance on the SMRT and secondarily by the Raven's test. No other neurocognitive measures contributed substantially to the discriminant function. CONCLUSIONS High- and low-performing CI users differed by spectral resolution and, to a lesser extent, nonverbal reasoning. These findings suggest that the extreme groups are determined by global factors of richness of sensory information and domain-general, nonverbal intelligence, rather than specific neurocognitive processing operations related to speech perception and spoken word recognition. Thus, although both bottom-up and top-down information contribute to speech recognition performance, low-performing CI users may not be sufficiently able to rely on neurocognitive skills specific to speech recognition to enhance processing of spectrally degraded input in adverse conditions involving high talker variability.
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- Terrin N Tamati
- Department of Otorhinolaryngology/Head and Neck Surgery, University Medical Center Groningen, University of Groningen, Groningen, The Netherlands.,Department of Otolaryngology - Head and Neck Surgery, The Ohio State University Wexner Medical Center, Columbus, OH
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- Department of Otolaryngology - Head and Neck Surgery, The Ohio State University Wexner Medical Center, Columbus, OH
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- Department of Otolaryngology - Head and Neck Surgery, The Ohio State University Wexner Medical Center, Columbus, OH
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- Department of Psychological and Brain Sciences, Indiana University - Bloomington, Bloomington, IN
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- Department of Otolaryngology - Head and Neck Surgery, The Ohio State University Wexner Medical Center, Columbus, OH
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Jahn KN, Bergan MD, Arenberg JG. Auditory Detection Thresholds and Cochlear Resistivity Differ Between Pediatric Cochlear Implant Listeners With Enlarged Vestibular Aqueduct and Those With Connexin-26 Mutations. Am J Audiol 2020; 29:23-34. [PMID: 31934787 DOI: 10.1044/2019_aja-19-00054] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/02/2023] Open
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Purpose The goal of this study was to evaluate differences in the electrode-neuron interface as a function of hearing loss etiology in pediatric cochlear implant (CI) listeners with enlarged vestibular aqueduct (EVA) syndrome and in those with autosomal recessive connexin-26 mutations (DFNB1). Method Fifteen implanted ears (9 participants, 5 ears with EVA, 10 ears with DFNB1) were assessed. Single-channel auditory detection thresholds were measured using broad and spatially focused electrode configurations (steered quadrupolar; focusing coefficients = 0 and 0.9). Cochlear resistivity estimates were obtained via electrode impedances and electrical field imaging. Between-group differences were evaluated using linear mixed-effects models. Results Children with EVA had significantly higher auditory detection thresholds than children with DFNB1, irrespective of electrode configuration. Between-group differences in thresholds were more pronounced on apical electrodes than on basal electrodes. In the apex, electrode impedances and electrical field imaging values were higher for children with EVA than for those with DFNB1. Conclusions The electrode-neuron interface differs between pediatric CI listeners with DFNB1 and those with EVA. It is possible that optimal clinical interventions may depend, in part, on hearing loss etiology. Future investigations with large samples should investigate individualized CI programming strategies for listeners with EVA and DFNB1.
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- Kelly N. Jahn
- Department of Otolaryngology–Head and Neck Surgery, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA
- Eaton-Peabody Laboratories, Massachusetts Eye and Ear Infirmary, Boston
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- Department of Speech and Hearing Sciences, University of Washington, Seattle
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- Department of Otolaryngology–Head and Neck Surgery, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA
- Eaton-Peabody Laboratories, Massachusetts Eye and Ear Infirmary, Boston
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Resnick JM, Horn DL, Noble AR, Rubinstein JT. Spectral aliasing in an acoustic spectral ripple discrimination task. THE JOURNAL OF THE ACOUSTICAL SOCIETY OF AMERICA 2020; 147:1054. [PMID: 32113324 PMCID: PMC7112708 DOI: 10.1121/10.0000608] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/12/2023]
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Spectral ripple discrimination tasks are commonly used to probe spectral resolution in cochlear implant (CI), normal-hearing (NH), and hearing-impaired individuals. In addition, these tasks have also been used to examine spectral resolution development in NH and CI children. In this work, stimulus sine-wave carrier density was identified as a critical variable in an example spectral ripple-based task, the Spectro-Temporally Modulated Ripple (SMR) Test, and it was demonstrated that previous uses of it in NH listeners sometimes used values insufficient to represent relevant ripple densities. Insufficient carry densities produced spectral under-sampling that both eliminated ripple cues at high ripple densities and introduced unintended structured interference between the carriers and intended ripples at particular ripple densities. It was found that this effect produced non-monotonic psychometric functions for NH listeners that would cause systematic underestimation of thresholds with adaptive techniques. Studies of spectral ripple detection in CI users probe a density regime below where this source of aliasing occurs, as CI signal processing limits dense ripple representation. While these analyses and experiments focused on the SMR Test, any task in which discrete pure-tone carriers spanning frequency space are modulated to approximate a desired pattern must be designed with the consideration of the described spectral aliasing effect.
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- Jesse M Resnick
- Department of Otolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery, University of Washington, Box 357923, Seattle, Washington 98195-7923, USA
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- Department of Otolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery, University of Washington, Box 357923, Seattle, Washington 98195-7923, USA
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- Department of Otolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery, University of Washington, Box 357923, Seattle, Washington 98195-7923, USA
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- Department of Otolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery, University of Washington, Box 357923, Seattle, Washington 98195-7923, USA
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Yüksel M, Meredith MA, Rubinstein JT. Effects of Low Frequency Residual Hearing on Music Perception and Psychoacoustic Abilities in Pediatric Cochlear Implant Recipients. Front Neurosci 2019; 13:924. [PMID: 31551687 PMCID: PMC6733978 DOI: 10.3389/fnins.2019.00924] [Citation(s) in RCA: 20] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/24/2019] [Accepted: 08/19/2019] [Indexed: 12/02/2022] Open
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Studies have demonstrated the benefits of low frequency residual hearing in music perception and for psychoacoustic abilities of adult cochlear implant (CI) users, but less is known about these effects in the pediatric group. Understanding the contribution of combined electric and acoustic stimulation in this group can help to gain a better perspective on decisions regarding bilateral implantation. We evaluated the performance of six unilaterally implanted children between 9 and 13 years of age with contralateral residual hearing using the Clinical Assessment of Music Perception (CAMP), spectral ripple discrimination (SRD), and temporal modulation transfer function (TMTF) tests and compared findings with previous research. Our study sample performed similarly to normal hearing subjects in pitch direction discrimination (0.81 semitones) and performed well above typical CI users in melody recognition (43.37%). The performance difference was less in timbre recognition (48.61%), SRD (1.47 ripple/octave), and TMTF for four modulation frequencies. These findings suggest that the combination of low frequency acoustic hearing with the broader frequency range of electric hearing can help to increase clinical CI benefit in pediatric users and decisions regarding second-side implantation should consider these factors.
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- Mustafa Yüksel
- Audiology and Speech Disorders Program, Institute of Health Sciences, Marmara University, Istanbul, Turkey
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- Childhood Communication Center, Seattle Children's Hospital, Seattle, WA, United States
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- Virginia Merrill Bloedel Hearing Research Center, Department of Otolaryngology - Head and Neck Surgery, University of Washington, Seattle, WA, United States
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Zimmer V, Verhey JL, Ziese M, Böckmann-Barthel M. Harmony Perception in Prelingually Deaf, Juvenile Cochlear Implant Users. Front Neurosci 2019; 13:466. [PMID: 31139046 PMCID: PMC6518352 DOI: 10.3389/fnins.2019.00466] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/20/2018] [Accepted: 04/24/2019] [Indexed: 12/02/2022] Open
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Prelingually deaf children listening through cochlear implants (CIs) face severe limitations on their experience of music, since the hearing device degrades relevant details of the acoustic input. An important parameter of music is harmony, which conveys emotional as well as syntactic information. The present study addresses musical harmony in three psychoacoustic experiments in young, prelingually deaf CI listeners and normal-hearing (NH) peers. The discrimination and preference of typical musical chords were studied, as well as cadence sequences conveying musical syntax. The ability to discriminate chords depended on the hearing age of the CI listeners, and was less accurate than for the NH peers. The groups did not differ with respect to the preference of certain chord types. NH listeners were able to categorize cadences, and performance improved with age at testing. In contrast, CI listeners were largely unable to categorize cadences. This dissociation is in accordance with data found in postlingually deafened adults. Consequently, while musical harmony is available to a limited degree to CI listeners, they are unable to use harmony to interpret musical syntax.
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- Victoria Zimmer
- Department of Experimental Audiology, Otto von Guericke University of Magdeburg, Magdeburg, Germany
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- Department of Experimental Audiology, Otto von Guericke University of Magdeburg, Magdeburg, Germany
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- Department of Experimental Audiology, Otto von Guericke University of Magdeburg, Magdeburg, Germany
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- Department of Experimental Audiology, Otto von Guericke University of Magdeburg, Magdeburg, Germany
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de Jong MAM, Briaire JJ, van der Woude SFS, Frijns JHM. Dynamic current focusing for loudness encoding in cochlear implants: a take-home trial. Int J Audiol 2019; 58:553-564. [PMID: 31012768 DOI: 10.1080/14992027.2019.1601270] [Citation(s) in RCA: 11] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/27/2022]
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Objective: This study aimed to evaluate a more energy-efficient dynamic current focussing (DCF) speech-processing strategy after long-term listening experience. In DCF, tripolar stimulation is used near the threshold and loudness is controlled by the compensation coefficient σ. A recent acute pilot study showed improved spectral-temporally modulated ripple test (SMRT) scores at low loudness levels, but battery life was reduced to 1.5-4 hours. Design: Within-subject comparisons were made for the clinical versus. DCF strategy after 5 weeks of at-home usage. Speech intelligibility in noise, spectral ripple discrimination, temporal modulation detection, loudness growth, and subjective ratings were assessed. Study sample: Twenty HiRes90K (Advanced Bionics, Valencia, USA) cochlear implant (CI) users. Results: Average battery life was 9 hours with the newly implemented DCF compared to 13.4 hours with the clinical strategy. Compared with measurements made at the beginning of the study, SMRT-scores and speech intelligibility in noise were significantly improved with DCF. However, both measures suffered from unexpected learning effects over time. The improvement disappeared and speech intelligibility in noise declined significantly relative to the final control measurement with the clinical strategy. Conclusion: Most CI users can adapt to the DCF strategy in a take-home setting. Although DCF has the potential to improve performance on the SMRT test, learning effects complicate the interpretation of the current results.
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- Monique A M de Jong
- a Department of Otorhinolaryngology and Head and Neck Surgery , Leiden University Medical Center , Leiden , the Netherlands
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- a Department of Otorhinolaryngology and Head and Neck Surgery , Leiden University Medical Center , Leiden , the Netherlands
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- a Department of Otorhinolaryngology and Head and Neck Surgery , Leiden University Medical Center , Leiden , the Netherlands
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- a Department of Otorhinolaryngology and Head and Neck Surgery , Leiden University Medical Center , Leiden , the Netherlands.,b Leiden Institute for Brain and Cognition, Leiden University , Leiden , the Netherlands
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DiNino M, O'Brien G, Bierer SM, Jahn KN, Arenberg JG. The Estimated Electrode-Neuron Interface in Cochlear Implant Listeners Is Different for Early-Implanted Children and Late-Implanted Adults. J Assoc Res Otolaryngol 2019; 20:291-303. [PMID: 30911952 PMCID: PMC6513958 DOI: 10.1007/s10162-019-00716-4] [Citation(s) in RCA: 16] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/02/2018] [Accepted: 03/03/2019] [Indexed: 12/01/2022] Open
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Cochlear implant (CI) programming is similar for all CI users despite limited understanding of the electrode-neuron interface (ENI). The ENI refers to the ability of each CI electrode to effectively stimulate target auditory neurons and is influenced by electrode position, neural health, cochlear geometry, and bone and tissue growth in the cochlea. Hearing history likely affects these variables, suggesting that the efficacy of each channel of stimulation differs between children who were implanted at young ages and adults who lost hearing and received a CI later in life. This study examined whether ENI quality differed between early-implanted children and late-implanted adults. Auditory detection thresholds and most comfortable levels (MCLs) were obtained with monopolar and focused electrode configurations. Channel-to-channel variability and dynamic range were calculated for both types of stimulation. Electrical field imaging data were also acquired to estimate levels of intracochlear resistance. Children exhibited lower average auditory perception thresholds and MCLs compared with adults, particularly with focused stimulation. However, neither dynamic range nor channel-to-channel threshold variability differed between groups, suggesting that children’s range of perceptible current was shifted downward. Children also demonstrated increased intracochlear resistance levels relative to the adult group, possibly reflecting greater ossification or tissue growth after CI surgery. These results illustrate physical and perceptual differences related to the ENI of early-implanted children compared with late-implanted adults. Evidence from this study demonstrates a need for further investigation of the ENI in CI users with varying hearing histories.
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- Mishaela DiNino
- Department of Psychology, Carnegie Mellon University, 5000 Forbes, Ave., Pittsburgh, PA, 15213, USA.
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- Department of Speech and Hearing Sciences, University of Washington, 1417 NE 42nd St., Box 354875, Seattle, WA, 98105, USA
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- Department of Speech and Hearing Sciences, University of Washington, 1417 NE 42nd St., Box 354875, Seattle, WA, 98105, USA
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- Department of Speech and Hearing Sciences, University of Washington, 1417 NE 42nd St., Box 354875, Seattle, WA, 98105, USA
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- Department of Otolaryngology, Massachusetts Eye and Ear, Harvard Medical School, 243 Charles St., Boston, MA, 02114, USA
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