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Volume 10 : 9 September 2010
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Speech Identification Scores in Children With Bimodal Hearing

R. Phanindra, S.G.R. Prakash, K. Balaganesan, Shusma, and Sravanthi

Introduction

"To hear is as natural and effortless occurrence as it is invisible, man could ask himself how breathing keeps him physically alive as how hearing keep him psychologically alive" (Levins, 1996). Normal-hearing individuals use auditory inputs from both ears to localize sounds and to understand speech better in adverse listening situations. One might assume that binaural hearing should be better than the monaural hearing because the listener should be able to take advantage of interaural timing and level difference between two ears. The brain can also combine the speech and noise from both ears to reduce the impact of noise on understanding speech by about 2 dB on average. This is referred to as 'binaural squelch' (Zuric, 1993).

Research shows that bilateral cochlear implants (CICI) are beneficial for some individual in some conditions (e.g. Litovsky et al.2004 ; Muller et al. 2002, Van Hoesel 2004), and individuals with bilateral cochlear implant typically have better localizations when using both implants than using one implant. (Nopp, et al. 2004). However the localization is still inferior compared with normal hearing and some bilateral implants listeners do not reveal any substantial benefit in localization (Seeber, et al. 2004).

Generally cochlear implantation (CI) is done monaurally, as a result of the cost of the equipment and surgical procedures. Surgical considerations for CI include implanting the poorer ear, with no or less benefits from hearing aids. However, monaural implantation may result in auditory deprivation in the contra-lateral ear, along with problems of localization and understanding speech in noisy situation. These disadvantages of monaural amplification can be overcome by fitting a hearing aid in contra lateral ear. Cochlear implant in one ear and hearing aid in contralateral ear is termed as "binaural-bimodal hearing". Even though there is evidence to suggest the possibility of a loudness mismatch between the outputs of the two devices, most of the studies using different methodologies and test materials have shown binaural benefits with bimodal hearing (Ching et al., 2004).

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Right to Education and Languages in India - Part I | An Application of Skills Integration in Language Teaching | Official Ways to Subjugate Languages - School Setting as a Cause of Pahari Dhundi-Kairali Decline | Speech Identification Scores in Children With Bimodal Hearing | Continuous Professional Development - An Issue in Tertiary Education in Bangladesh | Teaching the Extra - Essentiality of Bringing Eclecticism into Classroom | Effective Teaching of English: A CLT Perspective for Haryana | ELT in Libyan Universities - A Pragmatic Approach | Behavioural Problems of Secondary School Students - A Pakistani Scene | Selection Procedure for English Language Teachers' Professional Development Courses of HEC Pakistan - A Case Study | Cohesion and Coherence in the novel The Portrait of a Lady by Henry James | A Review of A. R. Kidwai 2009: Literary Orientalism: a companion | Dravidian Ideologue Kanimozhi and Her Language | Extensive Reading and Reading Strategies: A Try-Out | Trends in Language Shift and Maintenance in the Eranad Dialect of Malayalam | Interdependence of Law and Literature in Shakespeare's and Charles Dickens's Writings - A Reflection | The Interaction between Bilingualism, Educational and Social Factors and Foreign Language Leaning in Iran | Code Switching in Kailasam's Play - Poli Kitty | Morph-Synthesizer for Oriya Language Computational Approach | Question Formation in Pahari | Language in Politics of Recognition: A Case of the Nepali Language in the Creation of Political Identity of the Nepalis in Darjeeling | Technology Note - Creating Parallel Test Items with Microsoft Excel | Politeness Strategies Across Cultures | Bridge between East and West - Iqbal and Goethe | Syntactic Errors Made by Science Students at the Graduate Level in Pakistan - Causes and Remedies | Prospective Teachers of English in India: A Perspective | Reported Perceptions and Practices of English Language Teachers at Secondary Level in Pakistan | A PRINT VERSION OF ALL THE PAPERS OF SEPTEMBER, 2010 ISSUE IN BOOK FORMAT. | HOME PAGE of September 2010 Issue | HOME PAGE | CONTACT EDITOR languageinindiaUSA@gmail.com

R. Phanindra
Consultant Audiologist
Beltone Hearing Care Centre
Apollo Hospital
Hyderabad
Andhra Pradesh, India

S.G.R Prakash, Ph.D.
A.Y.J.N.I.H.H (SRC)
Manovikas Nagar
Secunderabad - 500009
Andhra Pradesh, India
prakash_nihh@rediffmail.com

K. Balaganesan
A.Y.J.N.I.H.H (SRC)
Manovikas Nagar
Secunderabad - 500009
Andhra Pradesh, India

Ms. Sravanthi, M.Sc. Candidate
A.Y.J.N.I.H.H (SRC)
Manovikas Nagar
Secunderabad - 500009
Andhra Pradesh, India

Ms. Susma, M.Sc. Candidate
A.Y.J.N.I.H.H (SRC)
Manovikas Nagar
Secunderabad - 500009
Andhra Pradesh, India

 
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