ArticleOtology & neurotology : official publication of the American Otological Society, American Neurotology Society [and] European Academy of Otology and Neurotology2020
Are There Real-world Benefits to Bimodal Listening?
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- Perception of Environmental Sounds in Cochlear Implant Users: A Systematic Review.Frontiers in neuroscience · 2021Pooled it
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- Unilateral Versus Bilateral Cochlear Implants in Adults: A Cross-Sectional Questionnaire Study Across Multiple Hearing Domains.Audiology research · 2025Article
- Vocal Emotion Perception in Children Using Cochlear Implant.The journal of international advanced otology · 2024Article
- [Research status and progress of bilateral cochlear implantation].Lin chuang er bi yan hou tou jing wai ke za zhi = Journal of clinical otorhinolaryngology head and neck surgery · 2024Review
- Frequency importance functions in simulated bimodal cochlear-implant users with spectral holes.The Journal of the Acoustical Society of America · 2024Article
- Interactions Between Slopes of Residual Hearing and Frequency Maps in Simulated Bimodal and Electric-Acoustic Stimulation Hearing.Journal of speech, language, and hearing research : JSLHR · 2024Article
- The Effect of Bimodal Hearing on Postoperative Quality of Life.Audiology & neuro-otology · 2024Article
- Guidelines for Best Practice in the Audiological Management of Adults Using Bimodal Hearing Configurations.Otology & neurotology open · 2022Article
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Abstract
objectiveTo assess the benefits of bimodal listening (i.e., addition of contralateral hearing aid) for cochlear implant (CI) users on real-world tasks involving high-talker variability speech materials, environmental sounds, and self-reported quality of life (quality of hearing) in listeners' own best-aided conditions. STUDY
designCross-sectional study between groups.
settingOutpatient hearing clinic. PATIENTS: Fifty experienced adult CI users divided into groups based on normal daily listening conditions (i.e., best-aided conditions): unilateral CI (CI), unilateral CI with contralateral HA (bimodal listening; CIHA), or bilateral CI (CICI).
interventionTask-specific measures of speech recognition with low (Harvard Standard Sentences) and high (Perceptually Robust English Sentence Test Open-set corpus) talker variability, environmental sound recognition (Familiar Environmental Sounds Test-Identification), and hearing-related quality of life (Nijmegen Cochlear Implant Questionnaire).
main outcome measuresTest group differences among CI, CIHA, and CICI conditions.
resultsNo group effect was observed for speech recognition with low or high-talker variability, or hearing-related quality of life. Bimodal listeners demonstrated a benefit in environmental sound recognition compared with unilateral CI listeners, with a trend of greater benefit than the bilateral CI group. There was also a visual trend for benefit on high-talker variability speech recognition.
conclusionsFindings provide evidence that bimodal listeners demonstrate stronger environmental sound recognition compared with unilateral CI listeners, and support the idea that there are additional advantages to bimodal listening after implantation other than speech recognition measures, which are at risk of being lost if considering bilateral implantation.
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