U.S., May 5 -- ClinicalTrials.gov registry received information related to the study (NCT07564388) titled 'Cochlear-Implant-Performance-Prediction' on April 27.
Brief Summary: Despite improved technology, many cochlear implant (CI) recipients still struggle to understand speech in noise (SIN). Because the bottom-up acoustic signal generated by the implant is distorted relative to normal-hearing acoustic input, CI users rely more on their top-down processing to decipher masked speech. To better predict outcomes for CI recipients, their top-down auditory processing ability should be assessed. However, their hearing impairment makes testing this ability through auditory means difficult. As such, we wish to determine whether testing visual top...