Jove
Visualize
Contact Us
JoVE
x logofacebook logolinkedin logoyoutube logo
ABOUT JoVE
OverviewLeadershipBlogJoVE Help Center
AUTHORS
Publishing ProcessEditorial BoardScope & PoliciesPeer ReviewFAQSubmit
LIBRARIANS
TestimonialsSubscriptionsAccessResourcesLibrary Advisory BoardFAQ
RESEARCH
JoVE JournalMethods CollectionsJoVE Encyclopedia of ExperimentsArchive
EDUCATION
JoVE CoreJoVE BusinessJoVE Science EducationJoVE Lab ManualFaculty Resource CenterFaculty Site
Terms & Conditions of Use
Privacy Policy
Policies

Related Experiment Videos

Speech perception in individuals with auditory neuropathy.

Fan-Gang Zeng1, Sheng Liu

  • 1University of California, Irvine 92697, USA. fzeng@uci.edu

Journal of Speech, Language, and Hearing Research : JSLHR
|May 5, 2006
PubMed
Summary

Auditory neuropathy (AN) impairs speech recognition, especially in noise. Clear speech and cochlear implants significantly improve intelligibility for individuals with AN.

Related Concept Videos

You might also read

Related Articles

Articles linked to this work by shared authors, journal, and citation graph.

Sort by
Same author

International expert consensus on gene therapy for hereditary hearing loss: Based on clinical trials.

Med (New York, N.Y.)·2025
Same author

Treating Hearing Loss: From Cochlear Implantation to Gene Therapy.

Advanced science (Weinheim, Baden-Wurttemberg, Germany)·2025
Same author

Clinical gene therapy restores hearing: a paradigm shift.

Trends in molecular medicine·2025
Same author

AAV gene therapy for autosomal recessive deafness 9: a single-arm trial.

Nature medicine·2025
Same author

Can cognitive performance predict individual differences in speech recognition at a cocktail party?

Hearing research·2025
Same author

Evaluating synthesized speech intelligibility in noise.

JASA express letters·2025

Area of Science:

  • Neuroscience
  • Audiology
  • Speech Science

Background:

  • Auditory neuropathy (AN) is a hearing disorder affecting neural signal transmission.
  • Speech perception in noise is a significant challenge for individuals with AN.

Purpose of the Study:

  • To investigate the impact of noise on speech perception in individuals with AN.
  • To determine if clear speech and cochlear implants can improve speech intelligibility for those with AN.

Main Methods:

  • Evaluated clear speech advantage over conversational speech in 13 participants with AN.
  • Conducted sentence-recognition experiments in quiet and noise using acoustic and electric stimulation modes.
  • Compared performance of participants with AN to normal-hearing and cochlear-impaired controls.

Main Results:

  • Participants with AN demonstrated poorer speech recognition in noise compared to control groups.
  • A significant clear speech advantage (9-23 percentage points) was observed across all conditions.
  • Cochlear implant (electric) stimulation yielded higher intelligibility than acoustic stimulation.
  • Binaural hearing improved intelligibility in quiet but not in noise.

Conclusions:

  • Clear speech benefits individuals with AN due to enhanced temporal properties and neural synchrony.
  • Cochlear implantation is a viable treatment option for AN.
  • Innovative hearing aids may also offer improvements in speech perception for individuals with AN.

Related Experiment Videos