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Wireless Hearing Assistance Technologies for Bimodal
Users Mila Morais-Duke, Au.D., CCC-A
Hearts for Hearing
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The Problem • Bimodal users (cochlear implant on one ear and a
hearing aid on the other) experience difficulty with: – Understanding speech in noise. – Understanding speech in reverberant environments. – Understanding speech from a distance. – Understanding speech on the telephone.
• Hearing assistance technologies may help but may be challenging to use because of cost or inconvenience.
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Study Objectives • Purpose:
– Evaluate performance of bimodal users • CI sound processor (Nucleus 6) and hearing
aid (Resound LiNX) designed to simultaneously receive audio streaming from accessory devices
– Evaluate benefit obtained from the use of wireless audio streaming accessories.
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Subjects • 16 Adults
– Age • Range: 22-89 • Mean: 70.7
– Full-time users of unilateral CI and hearing aid • Nucleus CI24R, CI24RE, CI422, and CI512 • Participants used a variety of BTE hearing aids prior to
study. – Duration of Hearing Loss: 31.2 years – Duration of Severe to Profound Hearing Loss: 5.4 years
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Equipment Nucleus 6 Sound Processor
(CI920) Cochlear Mini Mic
Resound LiNX BTE Cochlear Phone Clip+
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Equipment • Nucleus 6 sound processor programmed with
participant’s program: – ASC+ADRO – 2:1 Accessory Mixing Ratio – 3:1 Telecoil Mixing Ratio – Volume Control set to participant’s MCL
• Cochlear Mini Mic at default setting.
• Apple iPhone 4S & Nucleus Phone Clip+ at default setting.
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Assessment – Mini Mic • Measured sentence recognition in quiet and in noise, with and without Cochlear Mini
Mic: – AzBio Sentences (Spahr et al., 2012).
• Presentation Level: – 85 dBA at Mini Mic (6 inches from loudspeaker used to present
sentences) – 65 dBA at location of participant.
– Uncorrelated Classroom Noise (Schafer & Thibodeau, 2006) • Quiet & Noise at 55, 60, 65, 70, and 75 dBA • Noise level identical at Mini Mic and at subject location
– One list per condition (20 Sentences): • HA Only, CI Only, Bimodal. • With and without Mini Mic.
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Nose Noise
Equipment Setup AzBio
NOISE
schematic diagram
6 in
24 ft, 8 in
25 ft, 3 in
8 ft, 6 in
NOISE
NOISE NOISE
15ft, 6 in
17 ft
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Assessment – Phone Clip+ • Measured word recognition in quiet and in noise with and without
Cochlear Phone Clip+ – Recorded CNC Words (Lehiste & Peterson, 1962)
• Presentation Level: Set telephone volume to MCL. – Uncorrelated Classroom Noise (Schafer & Thibodeau, 2006)
• Quiet & Noise at 65 dBA. • Noise level measured at subject location.
– One full list (50 words) per condition in quiet and in noise: • Telephone held next to microphone of Nucleus 6 sound processor • Phone Clip+ streaming signal to Nucleus 6 and Resound Linx BTE
• Assessment of subjective impression of sound quality, ease of listening, and lyric recognition.
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Telephone Equipment
iPhone 4S
Cochlear Phone Clip+
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Equipment Setup
Ambient Noise Level: 44 dBA Reverberation (RT60): 0.6 sec
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Results
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No Mini Mic in Quiet
0 10 20 30 40 50 60 70 80 90 100
Resound Linx Nucleus 6 Bimodal
Sentence Recognition in Quiet – No Mini Mic
8% points
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No Mini Mic in Noise
0 10 20 30 40 50 60 70 80 90 100
Quiet 55 60 65 70 75
Resound Linx
Nucleus 6
Bimodal
Sentence Recognition in Noise – No Mini Mic
Approximately 15% point bimodal improvement in noise
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Mini Mic in Quiet
0 10 20 30 40 50 60 70 80 90 100
Resound Linx Nucleus 6 Bimodal
Sentence Recognition in Quiet – Mini Mic On
6% points
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Mini Mic in Noise
0 10 20 30 40 50 60 70 80 90 100
Quiet 55 60 65 70 75
Resound Linx Nucleus 6 Bimodal
Sentence Recognition in Noise – Mini Mic On
Bimodal benefit in noise ranges from 10-25%
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Bimodal – Mini Mic Off vs. On
0 10 20 30 40 50 60 70 80 90 100
Quiet 55 60 65 70 75
Bimodal
Mini Mic improvement in noise approaches 60% with bimodal
Sentence Recognition with Nucleus 6 & Resound Linx – Mini Mic Off vs. On
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Telephone Assessment
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Telephone Assessment – Phone Clip+
20-25% point improvement with Phone Clip+
CNC Word Recognition – Nucleus 6 vs. Bimodal Phone Clip+
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Music Appreciation
0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9
10
Sound Quality Ease of Listening Lyric RecogniDon
Hearing Aid
Cochlear Implant
Bimodal
Music Appreciation – Nucleus 6 vs. Bimodal Phone Clip+
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Conclusions • Bimodal use results in better speech recognition than CI
use alone. • Bimodal users achieve significantly better sentence
recognition in quiet and in noise with the Mini Mic audio streaming accessory.
• Bimodal users achieve significantly better speech recognition on the telephone with use of the Phone Clip+.
• Music appreciation improves with bimodal use and wireless audio streaming.
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