ArticleJASA express letters2025
Sound quality, not speech recognition, explains cochlear implant-related quality of life outcomes.
Article in JASA express letters, 2025. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. An erratum has been issued. Cited by 4 papers.
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4 citing papers in PubMed.
- Evaluating the Relationship Between Electrical Dynamic Range and Speech Perception Outcomes in Experienced Post-Lingually Deaf Adult Cochlear Implant Users: A Bicentric Study.Audiology research · 2026Article
- Ten years of research on the sound quality of cochlear implants.Frontiers in human neuroscience · 2026Review
- A digital audio workstation approach for matching the sound quality of speech and music for single-sided deaf patients fit with cochlear implants.Frontiers in neuroscience · 2026Article
- Assessing Hearing-Related Quality of Life in Adults With Hearing Loss: Validation of the German Cochlear Implant Quality of Life (CIQOL)-35 Profile.Trends in hearingArticle
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Abstract
This study examined relationships between cochlear implant-aided speech recognition, sound quality ratings, and quality of life outcomes in 41 adult cochlear implant users. Participants completed word and sentence recognition tasks, the Speech, Spatial and Qualities (SSQ) questionnaire, and the Cochlear Implant Quality of Life (CIQOL) questionnaire. Sound quality ratings on SSQ showed a weak correlation with sentence recognition in noise but strong positive correlations with CIQOL scores. Sound quality independently predicted quality of life, explaining 32% of global score variance, while speech recognition measures showed no effects. These findings highlight sound quality as a distinct and meaningful outcome metric.
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