Abstract

Three sets of experiments are proposed that address clinically-relevant questions for the management of hearing-impaired persons. The information obtained will assist in deciding which device (hearing aid, traditional cochlear implant, or short-electrode cochlear implant) is most appropriate for a particular patient. The project will also address the question of whether a device is performing adequately in the transmission of speech cues to the patient. Specifically, the project will 1) obtain speech recognition data from normal-hearing listeners using a simulation of the short-electrode cochlear implant to determine which types of hearing loss configurations might be appropriate candidates for this device; 2) to obtain speech recognition in noise data from listeners with cochlear implants and hearing aids to determine the potential advantages or disadvantages of a cochlear implant (both short- and long-electrode) for various degrees of hearing loss; and 3) to use a direct test of the ability to perceive the spectral and temporal cues of speech to predict the abilities of hearing aids and cochlear implants to recognize speech.

  Funding Agency

Agency
National Institute of Health (NIH)
Institute
National Institute on Deafness and Other Communication Disorders (NIDCD)
Type
Research Project (R01)
Project #
5R01DC000377-17
Application #
6727416
Study Section
Special Emphasis Panel (ZRG1-IFCN-6 (01))
Program Officer
Donahue, Amy
Project Start
1989-05-01
Project End
2008-06-30
Budget Start
2004-07-01
Budget End
2005-06-30
Support Year
17
Fiscal Year
2004
Total Cost
$234,894
Indirect Cost

  Institution

Name
University of Iowa
Department
Other Health Professions
Type
Schools of Arts and Sciences
DUNS #
062761671
City
Iowa City
State
IA
Country
United States
Zip Code
52242

  Publications

Jeon, Eun Kyung; Turner, Christopher W; Karsten, Sue A et al. (2015) Cochlear implant users' spectral ripple resolution. J Acoust Soc Am 138:2350-8
Reiss, L A J; Turner, C W; Karsten, S A et al. (2014) Plasticity in human pitch perception induced by tonotopically mismatched electro-acoustic stimulation. Neuroscience 256:43-52
Gfeller, Kate; Turner, Christopher; Oleson, Jacob et al. (2012) Accuracy of cochlear implant recipients in speech reception in the presence of background music. Ann Otol Rhinol Laryngol 121:782-91
Reiss, Lina A J; Perreau, Ann E; Turner, Christopher W (2012) Effects of lower frequency-to-electrode allocations on speech and pitch perception with the hybrid short-electrode cochlear implant. Audiol Neurootol 17:357-72
Reiss, Lina A J; Turner, Christopher W; Karsten, Sue A et al. (2012) Consonant recognition as a function of the number of stimulation channels in the Hybrid short-electrode cochlear implant. J Acoust Soc Am 132:3406-17
Lin, Payton; Turner, Christopher W; Gantz, Bruce J et al. (2011) Ipsilateral masking between acoustic and electric stimulations. J Acoust Soc Am 130:858-65
Reiss, Lina A J; Lowder, Mary W; Karsten, Sue A et al. (2011) Effects of extreme tonotopic mismatches between bilateral cochlear implants on electric pitch perception: a case study. Ear Hear 32:536-40
Turner, Christopher W; Gantz, Bruce J; Karsten, Sue et al. (2010) Impact of hair cell preservation in cochlear implantation: combined electric and acoustic hearing. Otol Neurotol 31:1227-32
Woodson, Erika A; Reiss, Lina A J; Turner, Christopher W et al. (2010) The Hybrid cochlear implant: a review. Adv Otorhinolaryngol 67:125-34
Hong, Robert S; Turner, Christopher W (2009) Sequential stream segregation using temporal periodicity cues in cochlear implant recipients. J Acoust Soc Am 126:291-9

Showing the most recent 10 out of 33 publications