Abstract:Purpose
In individuals with severe hearing loss, mobile phone communication is limited despite treatment with a cochlear implant (CI). The goal of this study is to identify the best communication practice for CI users by comparing speech comprehension of conventional mobile phone (GSM) calls, Voice over Internet Protocol (VoIP) calls, and the application of a wireless phone clip (WPC) accessory.
Methods
This study included 13 individuals (mean age 47.1 ± 17.3 years) wi… Show more
scite is a Brooklyn-based organization that helps researchers better discover and understand research articles through Smart Citations–citations that display the context of the citation and describe whether the article provides supporting or contrasting evidence. scite is used by students and researchers from around the world and is funded in part by the National Science Foundation and the National Institute on Drug Abuse of the National Institutes of Health.