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ItemAuditory processing abilities in children using cochlear implants: their relevance to speech perception [Abstract]( 1999)This study aimed to investigate the relationships between some basic auditory processing skills, subject variables and speech perception ability in young children using cochlear implants. A modification of the play audiometry procedure was used to measure electrode discrimination and "rate-of-processing" ability in seventeen 4-10 year old children. In the electrode discrimination task, children responded with a game-like motor response when a repeating stimulation on a reference electrode "changed" to a different electrode. In the "rate-of processing" task, children had to respond to the "change" to a different electrode, when the duration of the stimuli and the time interval between the stimuli were decreased. Normally hearing children were assessed on this task with acoustic stimulation. Nonverbal intelligence, speech feature discrimination and closed-set word recognition were also measured in the children using implants.
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ItemElectrode-place discrimination in children using cochlear implants [Abstract]( 1998)Electrode-place discrimination was measured in a group of children implanted with the Cochlear Limited multiple-electrode prosthesis. An adaptive technique was used to obtain difference Iimens (DLs) for electrodes at the apical, mid, and basal positions on the array. The influence of loudness cues were minimised by randomly varying the electric stimulation levels. Most DLs for the three positions were less than 3 electrodes, although for some subjects limens were as large as 7 electrodes. The relationships between electrode DLs and subject characteristics, and between electrode DLs and speech perception performance were also examined. A significant correlation between age at implantation and electrode DLs for the basal position was found, indicating that subjects implanted at a later age had larger DLs for basal electrodes. No correlations were found for electrode DLs at the apical and mid positions. Also, electrode DLs for the three positions did not correlate with any other subject variables, such as duration of implant use. A significant negative correlation between electrode DLs for the apical position and speech scores for closed-set monosyllabic words was recorded, indicating that subjects with larger DLs had lower speech scores. No correlations were found for electrode DLs at the mid and basal positions, and electrode DLs did not correlate with scores for open-set speech tests.
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ItemFactors influencing gap detection in children using cochlear implants [Abstract]( 1998)Two studies on gap detection were conducted with children implanted with the Cochlear Limited multiple-electrode prosthesis. In the first study, gap thresholds were measured at three pulse rates (200, 500, and 1000 pulses/s) and two stimulus durations (500 and 1000 ms) in 15 subjects. Average gap thresholds ranged from 1.8 to 32.1 ms. There was, essentially, no effect of pulse rate and in all but two subjects, no effect of stimulus duration. For these two subjects, thresholds were higher for the 1000 ms stimulus duration. In the second study, the relationships between gap thresholds and subject characteristics, and between gap thresholds and speech perception scores were examined using data from 27 subjects. A significant negative correlation between age at onset of deafness and gap thresholds was found, indicating that subjects with an earlier onset of deafness had larger gap thresholds, and most of the variability in gap thresholds was found for the congenitally deaf subjects. Gap thresholds did not correlate with other subject variables, such as duration of deafness and duration of implant use. Significant negative correlations were found between gap thresholds and word scores for open-set BKB sentences in the auditory-visual condition and the lipreading enhancement scores for the same test, indicating that subjects with poorer gap thresholds had lower speech scores. Gap thresholds did not correlate with word scores for BKB sentences in the audition alone condition, and scores for closed-set monosyllabic word tests.
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ItemPsychophysical studies with children using cochlear implants [Abstract]( 1992)Psychophysical studies were conducted on a heterogeneous group of 12 patients using, the Cochlear Nucleus cochlear implant. These patients became profoundly deaf early in life, prior to the full development of auditory and speech skills. The aim of the studies was to determine whether the basic hearing skills of these patients differ from those of patients who becamedeaf later in life. The mean age of, the patients at confirmation of the profound hearing loss was 22.3 months (range 6 to 45 months). The mean age of at the time of implantation as 14.8 years (range 5 to 24 years). The cause of deafness was meningitis for 7 patients, congenital Usher's syndrome for 3 patients and congenital unknown for 2 patients.