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Comparing the Speech Perception of Cochlear Implant Users with Three Different Finnish Speech Intelligibility Tests in Noise




AuthorsWillberg Tytti, Sivonen Ville, Linder Pia, Dietz Aarno

PublisherMDPI

Publishing placeBasel

Publication year2021

JournalJournal of Clinical Medicine

Article number3666

Volume10

Issue16

eISSN2077-0383

DOIhttps://doi.org/10.3390/jcm10163666

Web address https://doi.org/10.3390/jcm10163666

Self-archived copy’s web addresshttps://research.utu.fi/converis/portal/detail/Publication/66858595


Abstract

Background: A large number of different speech-in-noise (SIN) tests are available for testing cochlear implant (CI) recipients, but few studies have compared the different tests in the same patient population to assess how well their results correlate. Methods: A clinically representative group of 80 CI users conducted the Finnish versions of the matrix sentence test, the simplified matrix sentence test, and the digit triplet test. The results were analyzed for correlations between the different tests and for differences among the participants, including age and device modality. Results: Strong and statistically significant correlations were observed between all of the tests. No floor or ceiling effects were observed with any of the tests when using the adaptive test procedure. Age or the length of device use showed no correlation to SIN perception, but bilateral CI users showed slightly better results in comparison to unilateral or bimodal users. Conclusions: Three SIN tests that differ in length and complexity of the test material provided comparable results in a diverse CI user group


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