Open AccessInteraction Between Electric and Acoustic Stimulation Influences Speech Perception in Ipsilateral EAS Users
Author(s) -
Marina Imsiecke,
Benjamin Krüger,
Andreas Büchner,
Thomas Lenarz,
Waldo Nogueira
Publication year - 2019
Publication title -
ear and hearing
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.577
H-Index - 109
eISSN - 1538-4667
pISSN - 0196-0202
DOI - 10.1097/aud.0000000000000807
Subject(s) - masking (illustration) , cochlear implant , acoustics , auditory masking , speech perception , psychoacoustics , audiology , noise (video) , materials science , octave (electronics) , speech recognition , computer science , physics , perception , psychology , medicine , artificial intelligence , neuroscience , art , image (mathematics) , visual arts
The aim of this study was to determine electric-acoustic masking in cochlear implant users with ipsilateral residual hearing and different electrode insertion depths and to investigate the influence on speech reception. The effects of different fitting strategies-meet, overlap, and a newly developed masking adjusted fitting (UNMASKfit)-on speech reception are compared. If electric-acoustic masking has a detrimental effect on speech reception, the individualized UNMASKfit map might be able to reduce masking and thereby enhance speech reception.