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Author: Seligman, Peter × End date: 1989 × Start date: 1981 × Subject: cochlear implant × Subject: otolaryngology × Subject: speech perception ×

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    Clinical trial of a multiple-channel cochlear prosthesis: an initial study in four patients with profound total hearing loss
    Bailey, Quentin R. ; Seligman, Peter M. ; Tong, Yit. C. ; Clark, Graeme M. ; Dowell, R. C. ; Brown, Alison M. ; Luscombe, Susan M. ; Pyman, Brian C. ; Webb, Robert L. ( 1983)
    The clinical trial of a multiple-channel cochlear prosthesis was undertaken in four patients with postlingual deafness and profound total hearing loss. The results of open-set speech tests confirmed that, using electrical stimulation alone, one patient could have a meaningful conversation with resorting to lipreading (for example, this patient uses the prosthesis to converse with her husband on the telephone). The results of closed-set speech tests also suggested that a multiple-channel stimulator is more effective than a single-channel one in conveying speech information. The cochlear prosthesis was especially effective in all four patients when it was used in conjunction with lipreading, and speech-tracking tests showed that the patients could combine the information obtained from both electrical stimulation and lipreading.
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    A multiple-channel cochlear implant and wearable speech-processor: an audiological evaluation
    Tong, Y. C. ; Clark, Graeme M. ; Dowell, R. C. ; Martin, L. F. ; Seligman, P. M. ; Patrick, J. F. ( 1981)
    Standard audiological tests were administered to a totally deft multiple-channel cochlear implant patient with a wearable speech-processor in a monitored sound field under the following conditions: a wearable unit activated alone (WA), lipreading with the wearable unit off (LA), and wearable unit activated in combination with lipreading (WL). Thresholds obtained for narrow-band noise signals indicated that the wearable unit allowed the patient to detect a variety of sounds at different frequencies. The results obtained in closed-set word tests and open-set word and sentence tests showed significant improvements in word and sentence scores from LA to WL. In the open-se (C.I.D) sentence tests, the patient scored 22% for LA and 76% for WL. The WL score of 76% correlates with a satisfactory performance in understanding connected speech. The patient also scored 30% correct in a test involving the recognition of environmental sounds.