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- Title
One-year follow up of auditory performance in post-lingually deafened adults implanted with the Neurelec Digisonic® SP/Saphyr® Neo cochlear implant system.
- Authors
Borger, Déborah; Lina-Granade, Geneviève; Verneyre, Stéphanie; Hung Thai-Van; Saaï, Sonia; Hoen, Michel; Gnansia, Dan; Truy, Eric
- Abstract
This study aimed to quantify outcomes in a group of patients who were implanted with an Oticon Medical Neurelec (Vallauris, France) cochlear implant system, the Digisonic® SP/Saphyr® Neo. Ten participants took part in this preliminary study. Their speech perception capacities were evaluated at 3, 6, and 12-months after cochlear implant activation and compared to pre-implantation scores and to scores observed with former versions of the sound processor. Compared to former versions of the sound processor, patients using the Saphyr® Neo processor obtained better speech perception scores for sentences in silence at each tests session (3 months: 79%, 6 months: 82% and 12 months: 94%) compared to Digisonic® users (respectively: 58%, 69% and 75%) and Convex sound processor users (resp. 39%, 59% and 51%). These observations confirm that the technological improvements made in the Saphyr® Neo sound processor coupled with the Digisonic® implant, provided quantifiable benefits in speech perception in Quiet compared to former versions of the processor Convex and Digisonic® SP.
- Subjects
COCHLEAR implants; COCHLEA surgery; ADULTS; AGE groups; HEARING
- Publication
Audiology Research, 2015, Vol 5, Issue 2, p76
- ISSN
2039-4349
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.4081/audiores.2015.139