Bilateral cochlear implantation: current concepts, indications, and results

GJ Basura, R Eapen, CA Buchman - The Laryngoscope, 2009 - Wiley Online Library
The optimal treatment for bilateral hearing loss continues to evolve as cochlear implant (CI)
and hearing aid technologies advance, as does our understanding of the central auditory …

Adaptation and maladaptation: insights from brain plasticity

E Nava, B Röder - Progress in brain research, 2011 - Elsevier
Evolutionary concepts such as adaptation and maladaptation have been used by
neuroscientists to explain brain properties and mechanisms. In particular, one of the most …

A longitudinal study in adults with sequential bilateral cochlear implants: time course for individual ear and bilateral performance

RM Reeder, JB Firszt, LK Holden, MJ Strube - Journal of Speech, Language …, 2014 - ASHA
Purpose The purpose of this study was to examine the rate of progress in the 2nd implanted
ear as it relates to the 1st implanted ear and to bilateral performance in adult sequential …

Improved horizontal directional hearing in bone conduction device users with acquired unilateral conductive hearing loss

MJH Agterberg, AFM Snik, MKS Hol… - Journal of the …, 2011 - Springer
We examined horizontal directional hearing in patients with acquired severe unilateral
conductive hearing loss (UCHL). All patients (n= 12) had been fitted with a bone conduction …

Bilateral cochlear implantation

GB Wanna, RH Gifford, TR McRackan… - … Clinics of North …, 2012 - oto.theclinics.com
Unilateral cochlear implants (CIs) have provided significant benefit to adult and pediatric
patients with severe-to-profound sensorineural hearing loss. When compared with children …

The effect of different cochlear implant microphones on acoustic hearing individuals' binaural benefits for speech perception in noise

JM Aronoff, DJ Freed, LM Fisher, I Pal, SD Soli - Ear and Hearing, 2011 - journals.lww.com
Objectives: Cochlear implant microphones differ in placement, frequency response, and
other characteristics such as whether they are directional. Although normal-hearing (NH) …

Audio-visual temporal perception in children with restored hearing

M Gori, A Chilosi, F Forli, D Burr - Neuropsychologia, 2017 - Elsevier
It is not clear how audio-visual temporal perception develops in children with restored
hearing. In this study we measured temporal discrimination thresholds with an audio-visual …

Bilateral cochlear implantation

A Dhanasingh, I Hochmair - Acta Oto-Laryngologica, 2021 - Taylor & Francis
Binaural hearing has certain benefits while listening in noisy environments. It provides the
listeners with access to time, level and spectral differences between sound signals …

Spatial and non-spatial multisensory cueing in unilateral cochlear implant users

F Pavani, M Venturini, F Baruffaldi, L Artesini, F Bonfioli… - Hearing research, 2017 - Elsevier
In the present study we examined the integrity of spatial and non-spatial multisensory cueing
(MSC) mechanisms in unilateral CI users. We tested 17 unilateral CI users and 17 age …

Neuroplasticity following cochlear implants

F Pavani, D Bottari - Handbook of clinical neurology, 2022 - Elsevier
The auditory cortex of people with sensorineural hearing loss can be re-afferented using a
cochlear implant (CI): a neural prosthesis that bypasses the damaged cells in the cochlea to …