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Article

Evaluation of temporal difference limen in preoperative non-invasive ear canal audiometry as a predictive factor for speech perception after cochlear implantation

by
Saku T. Sinkkonen
*,
Lars Kronlund
,
Johannes Hautamäki
,
Jussi Jero
,
Antti A. Aarnisalo
and
Erna Kentala
Department of Otorhinolaryngology, Head & Necck Surgery, Helsinki University Central Hospital, POB 220, FIN-00029 HUCH, Finland
*
Author to whom correspondence should be addressed.
Audiol. Res. 2014, 4(1), 91; https://doi.org/10.4081/audiores.2014.91
Submission received: 25 November 2013 / Revised: 24 January 2014 / Accepted: 26 February 2014 / Published: 27 February 2014

Abstract

The temporal difference limen (TDL) can be measured with noninvasive electrical ear canal stimulation. The objective of the study wa to determine the role of preoperative TDL measurements in predicting patients’ speech perception after cochlear implantation. We carried out a retrospective chart analysis of fifty-four cochlear implant (CI) patients with preoperative TDL and postoperative bisyllabic word recognition measurements in Helsinki University Central Hospital between March 1994 and March 2011. Our results show that there is no correlation between TDL and postoperative speech perception. However, patient’s advancing age correlates with longer TDL but notdirectly with poorer speech perception. The results are in line with previous results concerning the lack of predictive value of preoperativ TDL measurements in CI patients.
Keywords: cochlear implant outcome; electrical ear canal stimulation; speech perception; temporal difference limen cochlear implant outcome; electrical ear canal stimulation; speech perception; temporal difference limen

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Sinkkonen, S.T.; Kronlund, L.; Hautamäki, J.; Jero, J.; Aarnisalo, A.A.; Kentala, E. Evaluation of temporal difference limen in preoperative non-invasive ear canal audiometry as a predictive factor for speech perception after cochlear implantation. Audiol. Res. 2014, 4, 91. https://doi.org/10.4081/audiores.2014.91

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Sinkkonen ST, Kronlund L, Hautamäki J, Jero J, Aarnisalo AA, Kentala E. Evaluation of temporal difference limen in preoperative non-invasive ear canal audiometry as a predictive factor for speech perception after cochlear implantation. Audiology Research. 2014; 4(1):91. https://doi.org/10.4081/audiores.2014.91

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Sinkkonen, Saku T., Lars Kronlund, Johannes Hautamäki, Jussi Jero, Antti A. Aarnisalo, and Erna Kentala. 2014. "Evaluation of temporal difference limen in preoperative non-invasive ear canal audiometry as a predictive factor for speech perception after cochlear implantation" Audiology Research 4, no. 1: 91. https://doi.org/10.4081/audiores.2014.91

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