Controlled comparative clinical trial of hearing benefit outcomes for users of the Cochlear™ Nucleus<sup>®</sup> 7 Sound Processor with mobile connectivity

Warren, Chris; Nel, Esti; Boyd, Paul

doi:10.1080/14670100.2019.1572984

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“…AI is ubiquitous in mobile phones, computers, and tablets. With the wireless connecting link between these appliances and hearing devices, Smartphone compatibility has given rise to innumerable benefits [29]. Using the AI of such devices can bestow quality listening even if it's television or music listening on smartphones.…”

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Applications of Artificial Intelligence in Hearing Aids and Auditory Implants: A Short Review

Umashankar¹,

Anusha²,

Pachaiappan³

2021

J Hear Sci

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Artificial intelligence (AI) has been broadly used for a long time, but in terms of hearing aids it only came into the limelight in 2004. Although at that time AI was yet to be incorporated into a hearing aid, with improvement in technology, slowly AI began to be introduced. AI included trainable hearing aids, own voice processing, brain-controlled hearing aids, strategies to improve speech perception in noise, and wind noise management in both hearing aids and cochlear implants. This short review discusses these AI technologies and their utility for the user.

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Applications of Artificial Intelligence in Hearing Aids and Auditory Implants: A Short Review

Umashankar¹,

Anusha²,

Pachaiappan³

2021

J Hear Sci

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“…Generally, previous upgrade studies have indicated significant benefits associated with each processor generation [ 2 – 5 , 9 – 16 ]. Table 3 gives an overview of recent studies.…”

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“…The front-end parameters include directional microphone options, dynamic noise reduction, and wind noise reduction algorithms. Specific information on front-end processing features for the Sonnet 2 speech processor can be found in a MED-EL white paper [ 1 ] and for the Nucleus 7 Sound Processor in [ 2 ].…”

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The COVID-19 pandemic and upgrades of CI speech processors for children: part II–hearing outcomes

Obrycka

Lorens

Walkowiak

et al. 2022

Eur Arch Otorhinolaryngol

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Purpose To gauge the benefits to children of upgrading speech processors during the COVID-19 pandemic. Methods The study involved 297 children, aged from 7.3 to 18.0 years, whose processors were upgraded to either Nucleus 7 or Kanso 2, or to Sonnet 2 or Rondo 3. To document the benefits of the upgrades, a speech-in-noise discrimination test and Patient Reported Outcome Measures (PROMs) were used. Results There was a significant benefit from the newer processors in terms of speech discrimination in noise. Patient Reported Outcome Measures (PROMs) indicated less hearing disability, a higher level of functioning in everyday life situations, and more satisfaction with the new speech processor in social situations. Conclusion There is a measurable improvement in performance when the devices are upgraded to the new technology.

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“…Many of them were also implanted fairly late, some as late as at the age of three. It is known that bilateral and early implantation as well as new generation CI devices with new sound-processing technology lead to better speech perception performance ( van Wieringen and Wouters, 2015 ; Hey et al, 2019 ; Warren et al, 2019 ). For instance, bilateral CIs allow listening with better ear, binaural summation, improved perception of speech in noise (if speech and noise sources are spatially separated), and localization of sounds, especially if the CIs are paired successfully ( van Hoesel and Tyler, 2003 ; Litovsky et al, 2004 ; Hu and Dietz, 2015 ; van Wieringen and Wouters, 2015 ).…”

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The development of cortical processing of speech differs between children with cochlear implants and normal hearing and changes with parental singing

2022

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ObjectiveThe aim of the present study was to investigate speech processing development in children with normal hearing (NH) and cochlear implants (CI) groups using a multifeature event-related potential (ERP) paradigm. Singing is associated to enhanced attention and speech perception. Therefore, it’s connection to ERPs was investigated in the CI group.MethodsThe paradigm included five change types in a pseudoword: two easy- (duration, gap) and three difficult-to-detect (vowel, pitch, intensity) with CIs. The positive mismatch responses (pMMR), mismatch negativity (MMN), P3a and late differentiating negativity (LDN) responses of preschoolers (below 6 years 9 months) and schoolchildren (above 6 years 9 months) with NH or CIs at two time points (T1, T2) were investigated with Linear Mixed Modeling (LMM). For the CI group, the association of singing at home and ERP development was modeled with LMM.ResultsOverall, responses elicited by the easy- and difficult to detect changes differed between the CI and NH groups. Compared to the NH group, the CI group had smaller MMNs to vowel duration changes and gaps, larger P3a responses to gaps, and larger pMMRs and smaller LDNs to vowel identity changes. Preschoolers had smaller P3a responses and larger LDNs to gaps, and larger pMMRs to vowel identity changes than schoolchildren. In addition, the pMMRs to gaps increased from T1 to T2 in preschoolers. More parental singing in the CI group was associated with increasing pMMR and less parental singing with decreasing P3a amplitudes from T1 to T2.ConclusionThe multifeature paradigm is suitable for assessing cortical speech processing development in children. In children with CIs, cortical discrimination is often reflected in pMMR and P3a responses, and in MMN and LDN responses in children with NH. Moreover, the cortical speech discrimination of children with CIs is develops late, and over time and age, their speech sound change processing changes as does the processing of children with NH. Importantly, multisensory activities such as parental singing can lead to improvement in the discrimination and attention shifting toward speech changes in children with CIs. These novel results should be taken into account in future research and rehabilitation.

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Controlled comparative clinical trial of hearing benefit outcomes for users of the Cochlear™ Nucleus^® 7 Sound Processor with mobile connectivity

Cited by 10 publications

References 17 publications

Applications of Artificial Intelligence in Hearing Aids and Auditory Implants: A Short Review

Applications of Artificial Intelligence in Hearing Aids and Auditory Implants: A Short Review

The COVID-19 pandemic and upgrades of CI speech processors for children: part II–hearing outcomes

The development of cortical processing of speech differs between children with cochlear implants and normal hearing and changes with parental singing

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Controlled comparative clinical trial of hearing benefit outcomes for users of the Cochlear™ Nucleus® 7 Sound Processor with mobile connectivity

Cited by 10 publications

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Applications of Artificial Intelligence in Hearing Aids and Auditory Implants: A Short Review

Applications of Artificial Intelligence in Hearing Aids and Auditory Implants: A Short Review

The COVID-19 pandemic and upgrades of CI speech processors for children: part II–hearing outcomes

The development of cortical processing of speech differs between children with cochlear implants and normal hearing and changes with parental singing

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Controlled comparative clinical trial of hearing benefit outcomes for users of the Cochlear™ Nucleus^® 7 Sound Processor with mobile connectivity