Open AccessElectric and Acoustic Stimulation in Cochlear Implant Recipients with Hearing Preservation
Author(s) -
Christopher Welch,
Margaret T. Dillon,
Harold C. Pillsbury
Publication year - 2018
Publication title -
seminars in hearing
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.592
H-Index - 27
eISSN - 1098-8955
pISSN - 0734-0451
DOI - 10.1055/s-0038-1670707
Subject(s) - audiology , cochlear implant , hearing loss , speech perception , cochlear implantation , medicine , acoustics , hearing aid , perception , psychology , physics , neuroscience
Hearing loss affects 30 million people in the United States, and a subset of these patients have normal low-frequency hearing and ski-sloped high-frequency hearing loss. For these patients, hearing aids alone may not provide adequate benefit. Cochlear implantation alone has been utilized to improve speech perception. The addition of high-frequency electric hearing to low-frequency acoustic hearing in these patients is beneficial. Technical improvements have allowed preservation of low-frequency hearing in cochlear implant recipients, allowing for electric and acoustic stimulation in the same ear with significant improvements in speech perception, sound localization, music appreciation, and quality of life.