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Introduction: Bilateral-bimodal users may benefit from bilateral-binaural and a bimodal effect . The two modes of stimulation complement each other and may overcome the limitation of electric hearing alone. However, alongside the expected benefits of having two hearing systems in bilateral bimodal hearing, there are several inherent mismatches in combing two different stimulation methods, which may negatively impact the processing of the binaural cues.

Aim: To determine whether bimodal listening with a hearing aid programmed using a dedicated bimodal fitting formula, which aligns the frequency response, loudness growth functions, and automatic gain control (AGC) characteristics between the cochlear implant speech processor and the hearing aid brings additional benefit over bimodal listening with the subject's clinical hearing instrument via the use of using a comprehensive battery of speech perception tests aimed at different aspects of binaural hearing as well as the contribution of the unique bimodal complementary effect. A secondary goal is to identify the tests that are best suited to predicting and evaluating bimodal benefit.

Method: The study will include 20 Hebrew and 20 Arabic speakers' adult bilateral-bimodal users that their audiometric thresholds in the non implanted ear will be no worse than 75 dB HL at 250 and 85 dB HL at 500 Hz, who use their hearing aids for at least 75% of their waking hours. The added benefit of the hearing aid programmed using a dedicated bimodal fitting formula will be evaluated using six task-specific tests designed to sensitively assess the bilateral-binaural and bimodal complementary effects using roving speech and noise and different types of background noises (maskers), pitch-related task and subjective questionnaire. Participants will be tested twice in quick succession, at two-weekly intervals, in establishing a baseline score with their clinical HAs. Then participants will be tested again twice in quick succession, at two-weekly intervals following three month experience with the HA fitted with the bimodal fitting formula. All tests will be administered the CI/HA listening condition.


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Introduction: Bilateral-bimodal hearing, cochlear implant on one ear and hearing aid on the other ear (CI/HA) may benefit from bilateral-binaural effects as a result of using two hearing systems, and a bimodal effect as a result of using two modes of stimulation, namely acoustic via a HA and electrical via a CI. The two modes of stimulation complement each other and may overcome the limitation of electric hearing alone. However, alongside the expected benefits of having two hearing systems in bilateral bimodal hearing, there are several inherent mismatches in combing two different stimulation methods, which may negatively impact the processing of the binaural cues. These mismatches include mismatch in the incoming speech signal timing; mismatch in pitch balance between two devices, mismatch in the frequency range conferred, and mismatch in the frequency range conveyed to a specific location in the cochlea by the cochlear implant and to a different location in the contra-lateral cochlea by the hearing aid.

Aim: To determine whether bimodal listening with a hearing aid programmed using a dedicated bimodal fitting formula, which aligns the frequency response, loudness growth functions, and automatic gain control (AGC) characteristics between the cochlear implant speech processor and the hearing aid brings additional benefit over bimodal listening with the subject's clinical hearing instrument via the use of using a comprehensive battery of speech perception tests aimed at different aspects of binaural hearing as well as the contribution of the unique bimodal complementary effect. A secondary goal is to identify the tests that are best suited to predicting and evaluating bimodal benefit.

Method: The study will include 20 Hebrew and 20 Arabic speakers' adult bilateral-bimodal users that their audiometric thresholds in the non implanted ear will be no worse than 75 dB HL at 250 and 85 dB HL at 500 Hz, who use their hearing aids for at least 75% of their waking hours. The added benefit of the hearing aid programmed using a dedicated bimodal fitting formula will be evaluated using six task-specific tests designed to sensitively assess the bilateral-binaural and bimodal complementary effects using roving speech and noise and different types of background noises (maskers), pitch-related task and subjective questionnaire. Participants will be tested twice in quick succession, at two-weekly intervals, in establishing a baseline score with their clinical HAs. Then participants will be tested again twice in quick succession, at two-weekly intervals following three month experience with the HA fitted with the bimodal fitting formula. All tests will be administered the CI/HA listening condition.

Data analysis: Speech perception test results and self-rating questionnaire scores will be analyzed by repeated measure analysis of variance. The difference between the two moods of bimodal listening (clinical HA versus HA fitted by the bimodal formula) will be evaluated. Correlation between audiological variables aided and unaided hearing thresholds in the non-implanted ear and the bilateral-bimodal benefit will be examined as well. ;


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NCT number NCT03142100
Study type Observational
Source Bnai Zion Medical Center
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Status Not yet recruiting
Phase N/A
Start date June 15, 2017
Completion date June 15, 2019

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