Speech and pitch perception with the new fine structure speech coding strategy / 临床耳鼻咽喉头颈外科杂志

ABSTRACT

OBJECTIVE@#To assess the performance of the new fine structure processing strategy(FS4) compared to the previous generation coding strategy HDCIS.@*METHOD@#Twelve post-lingual hearing-impaired cochlear implant users were included. FS4 and HDCIS were compared in music pitch perception and speech perception test.@*RESULT@#Acute comparison between FS4 and HDCIS showed that FS4 performed as well as HDCIS in speech perception tests, and outperformed HDCIS in music pitch perception.@*CONCLUSION@#Results indicate that FS4 performs better than HDCIS in music perception. Differences between the two strategies were not significant for speech test.