Auditory Prostheses

Cochlear implants are currently the standard treatment for profound sensorineural hearing loss. In the last decade, advances in auditory science and technology have not only greatly expanded the utility of electric stimulation to other parts of the auditory nervous system in addition to the cochlea, but have also demonstrated drastic changes in the brain in responses to electric stimulation, including changes in language development and music perception. Volume 20 of SHAR focused on basic science and technology underlying the cochlear implant. However, due to the newness of the ideas and techn.

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Auditory Prostheses; Series Preface; Volume Preface; Contents; Chapter 1: Advances in Auditory Prostheses; 1 Introduction; 2 Advances in Technological Approaches; 3 Advances in Functional Rehabilitation and Assessment; 4 Summary; References; Chapter 2: Bilateral Cochlear Implants; 1 Introduction; 2 Listening with Two Ears (Normal Hearing); 2.1 Spatial Hearing; 2.2 Binaural Sensitivity; 2.3 Speech Intelligibility Gains; 3 Sound Coding for Bilateral CI; 4 Outcomes with Bilateral CI Users; 4.1 A Priori Considerations; 4.2 Speech Intelligibility Results for Adult BiCI Users.

4.2.1 Speech in Quiet (Adults)4.2.2 Speech in Noise (Adults); Single-Interferer Studies; Systematic Influences on Measured Benefits; Multiple Interferer Studies; Binaural Unmasking (Binaural Intelligibility Level Difference); 4.2.3 Time Course Considerations (Speech); 4.3 Localization in Adult BiCI Users; 4.3.1 Localization in Quiet; 4.3.2 Available Cues; 4.3.3 Minimum Audible Angle (MAA); 4.3.4 Localization in Noise; 4.3.5 Time Course Considerations (Localization); 4.4 Subjective Measures and Cost Effectiveness; 4.5 Pediatric BiCI Outcomes; 4.5.1 Speech Intelligibility and Detection.

4.5.2 Time Course Considera…