Auditory Learning and Adaptation after Cochlear Implantation: A Preliminary Study of Discrimination and Labeling of Vowel Sounds by Cochlear Implant Users

Publisher Website
Google Scholar
Abstract
This study examined two possible reasons underlying longitudinal increases in vowel identification by cochlear implant users: improved labeling of vowel sounds and improved electrode discrimination. The Multidimensional Phoneme Identification (MPI) model was used to obtain ceiling estimates of vowel identification for each subject, given his/her electrode discrimination skills. Vowel identification scores were initially lower than the ceiling estimates, but they gradually approached them over the first few months post-implant. Taken together, the present results suggest that improved labeling is the main mechanism explaining post-implant increases in vowel identification.

This publication has 2 references indexed in Scilit: