Evidence of the enhancement effect in electrical stimulation via electrode matching (L)
Author(s) -
Matthew J. Goupell,
Mitchell J. Mostardi
Publication year - 2012
Publication title -
the journal of the acoustical society of america
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.619
H-Index - 187
eISSN - 1520-8524
pISSN - 0001-4966
DOI - 10.1121/1.3672650
Subject(s) - cochlear implant , electrode , task (project management) , stimulation , noise (video) , matching (statistics) , audiology , computer science , acoustics , materials science , psychology , medicine , neuroscience , chemistry , physics , artificial intelligence , engineering , pathology , systems engineering , image (mathematics)
The ability to match a pulsing electrode during multi-electrode stimulation through a research interface was measured in seven cochlear-implant (CI) users. Five listeners were relatively good at the task and two could not perform the task. Performance did not vary as a function of the number of electrodes or stimulation level. Performance on the matching task was not correlated to performance on an electrode-discrimination task. The listeners may have experienced the auditory enhancement effect, and this may have implications for speech recognition in noise for CI users.
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