Open AccessComparison of Intensity Discrimination between Children Using Cochlear Implants and Typically Developing Children
Author(s) -
Shubha Tak,
Asha Yathiraj
Publication year - 2019
Publication title -
the journal of international advanced otology/the journal of international advanced otology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.518
H-Index - 13
eISSN - 2148-3817
pISSN - 1308-7649
DOI - 10.5152/iao.2019.7464
Subject(s) - audiology , medicine , intensity (physics) , vowel , typically developing , contrast (vision) , active listening , speech perception , cochlear implant , perception , acoustics , psychology , speech recognition , communication , physics , quantum mechanics , autism , psychiatry , artificial intelligence , computer science , neuroscience
Differential sensitivity of intensity is known to be important for the perception of the relative distance of sounds in the environment, emotions of speakers, and localize sounds. However, a few features in listening devices, such as cochlear implants, used by individuals with hearing loss alter the output intensity heard by them. This makes soft sounds loud and loud sounds soft. Hence, the aim of the present study was to compare the intensity discrimination of children using cochlear implants with that of typically developing children.