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Auditory Perception

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The auditory system is essential for sound perception, utilizing various critical structures. When sound waves enter the outer ear, they travel through the ear canal and cause the eardrum to vibrate. These vibrations are then transmitted to the middle ear, where three tiny bones – the malleus, incus, and stapes – amplify the sound. This amplification is crucial, as it ensures that the sound vibrations are strong enough to be conveyed to the inner ear. These vibrations then reach the cochlea, a...

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Systematic Hearing Performance Evaluation Process for Adolescents with Cochlear Implantation at Early Ages

Systematic Hearing Performance Evaluation Process for Adolescents with Cochlear Implantation at Early Ages

Published on: March 24, 2023

Auditory-visual speech perception in normal-hearing and cochlear-implant listeners.

Sheetal Desai¹, Ginger Stickney, Fan-Gang Zeng

¹Departments of Anatomy and Neurobiology, Biomedical Engineering, Cognitive Sciences and Otolaryngology - Head and Neck Surgery, 364 Medical Surgery II, University of California, Irvine, California 92697-1275, USA.

The Journal of the Acoustical Society of America

|January 8, 2008

Summary

Cochlear implant users show weaker categorical perception but rely more on visual cues for speech. Auditory-visual integration improves with implant experience, suggesting altered sensory input impacts speech perception.

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Systematic Hearing Performance Evaluation Process for Adolescents with Cochlear Implantation at Early Ages

Systematic Hearing Performance Evaluation Process for Adolescents with Cochlear Implantation at Early Ages

Published on: March 24, 2023

Area of Science:

Neuroscience
Audiology
Speech Perception

Background:

Cochlear implants (CIs) aim to restore hearing but alter auditory input.
Understanding how CIs affect auditory-visual speech perception is crucial.

Purpose of the Study:

To evaluate auditory-visual speech perception in cochlear-implant (CI) users.
To compare CI users with normal-hearing and simulated-implant controls.
To determine the roles of sensory experience and acoustic cues in speech perception.

Main Methods:

Categorical perception of speech sounds (ba, da, ga) was tested.
Auditory-only, visual-only, and auditory-visual conditions were used.
An 11-token auditory continuum and animated visual speech stimuli were employed.

Main Results:

Normal-hearing listeners relied heavily on auditory cues with sharp phoneme boundaries.
CI users and simulated-implant controls showed weaker categorical perception and greater reliance on visual cues.
CI users integrated congruent and incongruent auditory-visual cues, correlating with implant duration.

Conclusions:

Altered sensory experience and acoustic cues from CIs influence auditory-visual speech perception.
Acoustic simulations predict auditory-only performance but not auditory-visual integration in CI users.
Longer implant experience enhances auditory-visual integration in CI users.