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- Title
Effect of (Mis)Matched Compression Speed on Speech Recognition in Bimodal Listeners.
- Authors
Spirrov, Dimitar; Kludt, Eugen; Verschueren, Eline; Büchner, Andreas; Francart, Tom
- Abstract
Automatic gain control (AGC) compresses the wide dynamic range of sounds to the narrow dynamic range of hearing-impaired listeners. Setting AGC parameters (time constants and knee points) is an important part of the fitting of hearing devices. These parameters do not only influence overall loudness elicited by the hearing devices but can also affect the recognition of speech in noise. We investigated whether matching knee points and time constants of the AGC between the cochlear implant and the hearing aid of bimodal listeners would improve speech recognition in noise. We recruited 18 bimodal listeners and provided them all with the same cochlear-implant processor and hearing aid. We compared the matched AGCs with the default device settings with mismatched AGCs. As a baseline, we also included a condition with the mismatched AGCs of the participants' own devices. We tested speech recognition in quiet and in noise presented from different directions. The time constants affected outcomes in the monaural testing condition with the cochlear implant alone. There were no specific binaural performance differences between the two AGC settings. Therefore, the performance was mostly dependent on the monaural cochlear implant alone condition.
- Subjects
AUDITORY perception testing; COCHLEAR implants; COMMERCIAL product evaluation; COMPARATIVE studies; HEARING disorders; MEDICAL equipment calibration; NOISE; SPEECH perception
- Publication
Trends in Hearing, 2020, p1
- ISSN
2331-2165
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.1177/2331216520948974