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Voice gender perception by cochlear implantees.

Damir Kovacić1, Evan Balaban

  • 1Cognitive Neuroscience Sector, Scuola Internazionale Superiore di Studi Avanzati, Via Lionello Stock 2/2, Trieste, Italy. Damir.Kovacic@med.kuleuven.be

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Cochlear implant (CI) users struggle with voice gender identification, often failing to utilize available auditory cues. Further research into long-term auditory memory is suggested for improved CI speech processing.

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Area of Science:

  • Audiology
  • Neuroscience
  • Speech Processing

Background:

  • Cochlear implants (CI) aim to restore hearing but voice gender perception remains a challenge.
  • Understanding how CI users process auditory cues is crucial for improving speech perception.

Purpose of the Study:

  • To investigate voice gender identification in juvenile cochlear implant users.
  • To evaluate the relationship between CI electrical output and behavioral performance in gender perception tasks.

Main Methods:

  • Juvenile CI users listened to naturalistic speech from male and female speakers.
  • Stimulus output patterns from CIs were analyzed for fundamental frequency and spectral envelope features.
  • Two voice gender perception tasks were administered to assess behavioral performance.

Main Results:

  • Only about half of CI users could correctly identify male and female voices.
  • Participants utilized temporal cues but not place cues for gender identification.
  • CI devices produced a novel gender cue not apparently used by participants.

Conclusions:

  • CI users exhibit difficulties in voice gender identification despite adequate acoustic cues.
  • The findings suggest a need for further investigation into long-term auditory categorical memory in CI users.
  • Improved understanding of auditory memory may enhance CI speech processing strategies.