Auditory rehab tool.House Ear Institute (HEI HEI Higher Education Institution (UK) HEI Health Effects Institute HEI Hautes Études Internationales HEI House Ear Institute HEI Healthy Eating Index HEI Hautes Etudes d'Ingénieur HEI High-Explosive Incendiary ) and Cochlear cochlear pertaining to or emanating from the cochlea. cochlear duct the coiled portion of the membranous labyrinth located inside the cochlea; contains endolymph. cochlear nerve see Table 14. Americas introduce an auditory rehabilitation rehabilitation: see physical therapy. tool for cochlear implant cochlear implant n. An electronic device that stimulates auditory nerve fibers in the inner ear in individuals with severe or profound bilateral hearing loss, allowing them to recognize some sounds, especially speech sounds. recipients. Sound and Beyond[TM], which is designed to allow these patients to practice and develop their listening skills at their own pace and convenience, provides comprehensive speech-training tools that recipients can use at home or in conjunction with auditory rehabilitation from a clinical speech pathologist. The Sound and Beyond program is based on computer-assisted speech training (CAST) software developed at HEI and TigerSpeech Technology, Inc. Listening via electric stimulation is a new experience for implant patients, especially those who are congenitally deaf. For some patients, an extensive learning period involving intensive aural rehabilitation aural rehabilitation Audiology Any technique used for the hearing-impaired to improve their speech and communication. See Speech therapy. with a speech pathologist may be required for successful implant use. Unfortunately, not all implant patients have regular or extended access to a speech pathologist, and few auditory rehabilitation tools are available for use at home. Sound and Beyond, which is the commercial release of a computer-based training See CBT. (application) Computer-Based Training - (CBT) Training (of humans) done by interaction with a computer. The programs and data used in CBT are known as "courseware." program first developed by HEI researcher Qian-Jie Fu, PhD, is designed to meet this need. In a recent study funded in part by the National Institute on Deafness and Other Communication Disorders The National Institute on Deafness and Other Communication Disorders (NIDCD), a member of the U.S. National Institutes of Health, is mandated to conduct and support biomedical and behavioral research and research training in the normal and disordered processes of hearing, balance, , National Institutes of Health grant no. R01-DC-004792, implant patients trained at home using the original CAST software up to 2 hours daily, 5 days per week for 1 month or longer. The CAST software included a wide range of listening and training tasks, similar to those used by Sound and Beyond, that allowed users to match a sound to one of several images, words, or sentences; adjust the level of difficulty to match their developing listening skills; provide auditory feedback during the test so listeners could gauge progress and self-correct; and share test and training data with their clinicians or therapists for further advice and guidance. Results showed that speech-recognition performance for all participants in the study significantly improved after this type of training. The results also demonstrated that a computer-based auditory rehabilitation tool like Sound and Beyond could be an effective approach for cochlear implant patients seeking to improve their speech-perception performance. Circle 155 on Reader Service Card |
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