Our experience with cochlear implants: have we erred in our expectations?

Our experience with cochlear implants: have we erred in our expectations?

Many clinicians feel that single-channel cochlear implants are limited in the information they can provide. This has led to some common misconceptions regarding single-channel and multichannel systems. At the House Ear Institute, a growing number of children with the 3M/House single-channel implant...

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Veröffentlicht in:The American journal of otology (New York, N.Y.) N.Y.), 1987-05, Vol.8 (3), p.222-229
Hauptverfasser: Berliner, K I, Eisenberg, L S
Format: Artikel
Sprache:eng
Schlagworte:
Adolescent
Adult
Auditory Threshold - physiology
Child
Child, Preschool
Cochlear Implants
Deafness - rehabilitation
Evaluation Studies as Topic
Female
Humans
Infant
Speech Perception - physiology
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Zusammenfassung:Many clinicians feel that single-channel cochlear implants are limited in the information they can provide. This has led to some common misconceptions regarding single-channel and multichannel systems. At the House Ear Institute, a growing number of children with the 3M/House single-channel implant are demonstrating open-set understanding of speech on measures designed to test such abilities in children. As a result, we have revised our thinking regarding the potential of this device.
ISSN:0192-9763