Open AccessImprovement of Telephone Communication in Elderly Cochlear Implant Patients
Author(s) -
Walter Di Nardo,
Roberta Anzivino,
Gloria Gambini,
Eugenio De Corso,
Gaetano Paludetti
Publication year - 2014
Publication title -
audiology and neurotology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.106
H-Index - 78
eISSN - 1421-9700
pISSN - 1420-3030
DOI - 10.1159/000371605
Subject(s) - cochlear implant , audiology , active listening , conversation , medicine , phone , speech recognition , psychology , communication , computer science , linguistics , philosophy
Elderly patients demonstrate more difficulty in telephone communication than in direct conversation. This deterioration in comprehension is due most likely to the narrowing of frequency range of transmission (300-3,400 Hz) and the lack of specific maps in the sound processor to accommodate the reduced information.
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