Open AccessDo Patients Benefit From a Cochlear Implant When They Qualify Only in the Presence of Background Noise?
Author(s) -
Emily Lundberg,
Darcy Strong,
Melinda C. Anderson,
Alexander Kaizer,
Samuel P. Gubbels
Publication year - 2020
Publication title -
otology and neurotology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.147
H-Index - 104
eISSN - 1537-4505
pISSN - 1531-7129
DOI - 10.1097/mao.0000000000002878
Subject(s) - quiet , medicine , cochlear implant , audiology , candidacy , cochlear implantation , speech perception , noise (video) , implant , retrospective cohort study , signal to noise ratio (imaging) , surgery , statistics , perception , physics , mathematics , quantum mechanics , neuroscience , artificial intelligence , politics , political science , computer science , law , image (mathematics) , biology
To compare the difference in pre- to postoperative speech performance of patients qualifying for a cochlear implant (CI) in quiet, +10 dB signal-to-noise ratio (SNR), and +5 dB SNR.