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Article

Effectiveness and efficiency of a dedicated bimodal fitting formula

by
Domenico Cuda
1,
Alessandra Murri
1,*,
Anna Mainardi
1 and
Josef Chalupper
2
1
Department of Otorhinolaryngology, Guglielmo da Saliceto Hospital, Piacenza, Italy
2
Advanced Bionics GmbH, European Research Center, Hannover, Italy
*
Author to whom correspondence should be addressed.
Audiol. Res. 2019, 9(1), 219; https://doi.org/10.4081/audiores.2019.219
Submission received: 21 January 2019 / Revised: 28 February 2019 / Accepted: 12 March 2019 / Published: 9 May 2019

Abstract

The population of unilateral cochlear implant (CI) users with aidable residual hearing in the contralateral ear is continuously growing. Aiding the contralateral ear with a hearing aid has been shown to provide substantial benefit regarding speech intelligibility in quiet and in noise, sound quality, localization ability and listening effort. In this study, a dedicated hearing aid with the accompanying fitting prescription, tailored to the needs of bimodal listeners was evaluated in nine bimodal CI users. Speech intelligibility scores in noise revealed on-par performance of the dedicated bimodal fitting compared to the clinical standard prescription. 78% of the bimodal CI users preferred the dedicated bimodal fitting over the clinical standard. The minimal subject-specific finetuning effort required during the dedicated bimodal fitting process emphasizes the clinical efficiency.
Keywords: Cochlear implant; Bimodal fitting formula; Clinical efficiency Cochlear implant; Bimodal fitting formula; Clinical efficiency

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Cuda, D.; Murri, A.; Mainardi, A.; Chalupper, J. Effectiveness and efficiency of a dedicated bimodal fitting formula. Audiol. Res. 2019, 9, 219. https://doi.org/10.4081/audiores.2019.219

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Cuda D, Murri A, Mainardi A, Chalupper J. Effectiveness and efficiency of a dedicated bimodal fitting formula. Audiology Research. 2019; 9(1):219. https://doi.org/10.4081/audiores.2019.219

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Cuda, Domenico, Alessandra Murri, Anna Mainardi, and Josef Chalupper. 2019. "Effectiveness and efficiency of a dedicated bimodal fitting formula" Audiology Research 9, no. 1: 219. https://doi.org/10.4081/audiores.2019.219

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Cuda, D., Murri, A., Mainardi, A., & Chalupper, J. (2019). Effectiveness and efficiency of a dedicated bimodal fitting formula. Audiology Research, 9(1), 219. https://doi.org/10.4081/audiores.2019.219

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