Advancing Binaural Cochlear Implant Technology
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چکیده
This special issue contains a collection of 13 papers highlighting the collaborative research and engineering project entitled Advancing Binaural Cochlear Implant Technology-ABCIT-as well as research spin-offs from the project. In this introductory editorial, a brief history of the project is provided, alongside an overview of the studies.
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Advanced Beamformers for Cochlear Implant Users: Acute Measurement of Speech Perception in Challenging Listening Conditions
OBJECTIVE To investigate the performance of monaural and binaural beamforming technology with an additional noise reduction algorithm, in cochlear implant recipients. METHOD This experimental study was conducted as a single subject repeated measures design within a large German cochlear implant centre. Twelve experienced users of an Advanced Bionics HiRes90K or CII implant with a Harmony spee...
متن کاملRestoring hearing symmetry with two cochlear implants or one cochlear implant and a contralateral hearing aid.
With today's technology and the demonstrated success of cochlear implantation, along with expanded candidacy criteria, the opportunity to provide optimal hearing to both ears for individuals with severe-to-profound hearing loss is greater than ever. This article reviews the advantages of binaural hearing and the disadvantages of hearing with only one ear or hearing with two ears with significan...
متن کاملBilateral Cochlear Implants, Minimizing Auditory Rehabilitation
Bilateral cochlear implant has increased in recent years due to benefits such as the lo‐ cation of the sign, decrease in head shadow effect, and binaural summation. The aim of this chapter is to discuss issues related to the bilateral cochlear implant costs and benefits and its reflections on auditory rehabilitation, allowing the reader to do a search and strengthen it scientifically with this ...
متن کاملTechnical Advances for Bilateral Implantation
The benefits of cochlear implantation have increased progressively with improvements in technology and in clinical practice over the last two decades. Most of the 60,000 people who have received cochlear implants worldwide have received substantial communication benefit from implantation in only one ear. However, advancements in technology now have the potential to add significant benefit throu...
متن کاملPersonal reflections on the multichannel cochlear implant and a view of the future.
The multichannel cochlear implant is the first neural prosthesis to effectively and safely bring electronic technology into a direct physiological relation with the central nervous system and human consciousness. It is also the first cochlear implant to give speech understanding to tens of thousands of persons with profound deafness and spoken language to children born deaf in more than 80 coun...
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دوره 19 شماره
صفحات -
تاریخ انتشار 2015