Abstract:When listening to speech in a background masker, normal-hearing listeners take advantage of envelope fluctuations or dips in the masker (or the moments that the SNR is instantaneously favorable). Cochlear implant listeners, however, do not exhibit such ability. In a previous study [Nelson et al., J. Acoust. Soc. Am. 113, 961–968 (2003)], speech recognition performance with modulated maskers was similar or slightly worse than with a steady noise. Clinical observation indicates that implant listeners usually hav… Show more
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