Mobile and Landline Telephone Performance Outcomes among Telephone‐Using Cochlear Implant Recipients

Abstract

Many cochlear implant recipients achieve good objective telephone speech perception performance, indicating that they should be effective telephone users, especially when using mobile telephones and among younger implant recipients.

Clinical investigation of the Nucleus Slim Modiolar Electrode

“…Children with profound congenital hearing loss have been able to develop excellent speech and language and the majority attend mainstream schools [Venail et al, 2010]. The majority of established CI users are now able to use the telephone [Tan et al, 2012]. Refinements to hardware and surgical technique have continued over the years in many ways, both contributing to improved outcomes.…”

Development of a home‐based auditory training to improve speech recognition on the telephone for patients with cochlear implants: A randomised trial

“…Patients with cochlear implants (CIs) often show worse speech recognition on the telephone compared to everyday communication . Currently, up to 35% are unable to use the telephone at all and this has been identified as a major source of reduced quality of life .…”

Adaptation of cochlear implant fitting to various telecommunication systems: a proposal for a ‘telephone map'

“…Up to now, most of the authors have focused on the phone perception ability of CI recipients using phone signal simulations [8,16]. Surprisingly, only very few studies have been based on real telephone transmission [14]. In addition, these studies did not provide details about the objective testing methods; older articles also did not reflect the current state of the art for CIs.…”

“…This might be attributed to the technological revolution in this area that has occurred in recent years with the advent of the latest generations of smartphones, characterized by unprecedented functionality and listening comfort. A recent work by Tan et al [14] demonstrated a considerably higher benefit from mobile phone use rather than from traditional phones, with a mean speech recognition score statistically higher with the former (57% vs 84.3%). In addition, the authors stressed the importance of the mobile phone model for the quality and quantity of understanding.…”

“…As regards the profile of non-telephone users, Cray and colleagues outlined a 'typical demographic profile' of non-telephone-user CI patients [13]: non-users are mostly men and generally elderly, as confirmed by Tan et al [14]. They rely on lip-reading, they have a bimodal communicative approach, a low CI daily use, a longer period of preimplantation auditory deprivation, and a lower level of education.…”