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ArticleAudiology research2026

Evaluating the Relationship Between Electrical Dynamic Range and Speech Perception Outcomes in Experienced Post-Lingually Deaf Adult Cochlear Implant Users: A Bicentric Study.

Pietro Salvago, Davide Vaccaro, Fulvio Plescia, Francesca Di Marco, Sabrina Loteta, Daniele Portelli, Giuseppe Alberti, Francesco Dispenza, Francesco Freni, Pasquale Riccardi and 1 more

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Pietro SalvagoDipartimento di Biomedicina, Neuroscienze e Diagnostica Avanzata (BiND), Sezione di Audiologia, Università degli Studi di Palermo, Via del Vespro 129, 90127 Palermo, Italy.
Davide VaccaroDipartimento di Biomedicina, Neuroscienze e Diagnostica Avanzata (BiND), Sezione di Audiologia, Università degli Studi di Palermo, Via del Vespro 129, 90127 Palermo, Italy.
Fulvio PlesciaDipartimento di Promozione della Salute, Materno-Infantile, di Medicina Interna e Specialistica di Eccellenza "G. D'Alessandro", Università degli Studi di Palermo, Via del Vespro 133, 90127 Palermo, Italy.ORCID 0000-0002-4786-8435
Francesca Di MarcoAdvanced Bionics Italia, Via Privata Raimondo Montecuccoli, 30, 20147 Milan, Italy.
Sabrina LotetaDipartimento di Patologia Umana dell'Adulto e dell'Età Evolutiva "Gaetano Barresi", Università degli Studi di Messina, Via Consolare Valeria 1, 98125 Messina, Italy.
Daniele PortelliDipartimento di Patologia Umana dell'Adulto e dell'Età Evolutiva "Gaetano Barresi", Università degli Studi di Messina, Via Consolare Valeria 1, 98125 Messina, Italy.ORCID 0000-0003-2134-8535
Giuseppe AlbertiDipartimento di Patologia Umana dell'Adulto e dell'Età Evolutiva "Gaetano Barresi", Università degli Studi di Messina, Via Consolare Valeria 1, 98125 Messina, Italy.ORCID 0009-0003-3947-8116
Francesco DispenzaDipartimento di Biomedicina, Neuroscienze e Diagnostica Avanzata (BiND), Sezione di Otorinolaringoiatria, Università degli Studi di Palermo, Via del Vespro 129, 90127 Palermo, Italy.ORCID 0000-0002-5844-9762
Francesco FreniDipartimento di Patologia Umana dell'Adulto e dell'Età Evolutiva "Gaetano Barresi", Università degli Studi di Messina, Via Consolare Valeria 1, 98125 Messina, Italy.
Pasquale RiccardiAdvanced Bionics Italia, Via Privata Raimondo Montecuccoli, 30, 20147 Milan, Italy.
Francesco MartinesDipartimento di Biomedicina, Neuroscienze e Diagnostica Avanzata (BiND), Sezione di Audiologia, Università degli Studi di Palermo, Via del Vespro 129, 90127 Palermo, Italy.

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Abstract

objectivesTo analyze speech perception outcomes of a cohort of experienced adult cochlear implant (CI) users to explore whether there is a correlation with electrical dynamic range (EDR) parameters, and to describe speech intelligibility curve morphology according to the degree of CI performance.

methodsA bicentric retrospective observational study. Data were extracted from a cochlear implantation database from a total of 36 CI users implanted with Advanced Bionics devices.

resultsMean age at implantation was 56.61 years. In the majority of cases, hearing loss onset was more than 15 years before implantation (80.55%), and only 11.11% of cases preserved residual hearing. This resulted in a significant relationship between speech therapy and better speech recognition (

conclusionsEDR parameters did not emerge as independent predictors of speech recognition outcomes within this specific cohort. Speech therapy and rehabilitative efforts showed a significant relationship with improved performance, and speech audiogram curve morphology may offer a more specific clinical tool for assessing global CI performance. Further prospective studies with larger, more homogenous populations are required to validate these findings.

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cochlear implantdynamic rangeEDRspeech curvespeech perception

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