... was to evaluate the bimodal advantage of the FS4 speech processing strategy in combination with hearing aids (HA) as a means to improve low-frequency resolution in CI patients. Methods: Nineteen postlingual CI adults were selected to participate in this study. All patients wore implants on one side and HA...

...R.A. Tange; T. Zuidema; R.v.d. Berg; W.A. Dreschler Patients with large conductive hearing loss do not always tolerate conventional air conduction or bone conduction hearing aids. They can be helped sometimes with an implantable bone conductor device. The so-called bone-anchored hearing aid...

...) speech processor together with an ipsilateral in-the-ear hearing aid. This study will evaluate the outcomes when CI/EAS users upgrade to a new combination of hearing aid and speech processor in 1 device (DUET™). Method: Nine EAS patients participated in this study. Before switchover and after 2 and 8...

... stimulation (hearing aids), restricted to cases with a partially functioning cochlear receptor, and electrical stimulation (cochlear implants), stimulating the auditory nerve directly in cases with profound or total hearing loss. For the first time, animal data have been collected that indicate...

...R. Urquiza; R. Ruiz-Rico; C. Tejero; A. Gago The design and implementation of the prototype of a digital hearing aid and its computerized fitting interface, followed by a basic preliminary clinical evaluation concerning speech recognition aspects, is reported. The final device is particularly...