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[Speaker discrimination in cochlear implant users].

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Cochlear implant (CI) users can distinguish speakers by voice, though less accurately than normal-hearing individuals. This study explored voice gender

Keywords:
Cochlear implantsHearing testsPsychoacousticsSpeech perceptionVoice

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Area of Science:

  • Audiology
  • Speech Perception
  • Human Communication

Background:

  • Cochlear implant (CI) users' word and sentence recognition is well-researched.
  • Limited understanding exists regarding CI users' ability to identify individuals by voice.
  • Speaker recognition is crucial for effective social interaction.

Purpose of the Study:

  • To investigate the speaker discrimination abilities of adult cochlear implant (CI) users.
  • To compare the performance of CI users with normal-hearing listeners in speaker identification.
  • To assess the influence of voice gender on speaker discrimination in both groups.

Main Methods:

  • Utilized the Oldenburg Logatome Corpus (OL LO) to create 120 logatome pairs.
  • Pairs featured logatomes spoken by 15 male and 15 female speakers, with distinct fundamental frequencies.
  • Employed a same-different paradigm with 13 CI users and 13 normal-hearing listeners.

Main Results:

  • CI users achieved a mean speaker discrimination score of 74.6% correct.
  • Normal-hearing listeners achieved a mean score of 89.6% correct.
  • Voice gender significantly impacted speaker discrimination in both CI users and normal-hearing listeners.

Conclusions:

  • CI users demonstrated a statistically significant ability to discriminate speakers above chance levels.
  • The study's logatome set is suitable for speaker discrimination research in CI users.
  • CI users' speaker discrimination performance is slightly lower than that of normal-hearing individuals.