Background: The aim of this study was to compare, in users of bimodal cochlear implants, the performance obtained using their own hearing aids (adjusted with the standard NAL-NL1 fitting formula) with the performance using the Phonak Naìda Link Ultra Power hearing aid adjusted with both NAL-NL1 and a new bimodal system (Adaptive Phonak Digital Bimodal (APDB)) developed by Advanced Bionics and Phonak Corporations. Methods: Eleven bimodal users (Naìda CI Q70 + contralateral hearing aid) were enrolled in our study. The users’ own hearing aids were replaced with the Phonak Naìda Link Ultra Power and fitted following the new formula. Speech intelligibility was assessed in quiet and noisy conditions, and comparisons were made with the results obtained with the users’ previous hearing aids and with the Naída Link hearing aids fitted with the NAL-NL1 generic prescription formula. Results: Using Phonak Naìda Link Ultra Power hearing aids with the Adaptive Phonak Digital Bimodal fitting formula, performance was significantly better than that with the users’ own rehabilitation systems, especially in challenging hearing situations for all analyzed subjects. Conclusions: Speech intelligibility tests in quiet settings did not reveal a significant difference in performance between the new fitting formula and NAL-NL1 fittings (using the Naída Link hearing aids), whereas the performance difference between the two fittings was very significant in noisy test conditions.

Integrated Bimodal Fitting for Unilateral CI Users with Residual Contralateral Hearing / Auletta, G; Franzè, A; Laria, C; Piccolo, C; Papa, C; Riccardi, P; Pisani, D; Sarnelli, A; Del Vecchio, V; Malesci, R; Marciano, E. - In: AUDIOLOGY RESEARCH. - ISSN 2039-4349. - 11:(2021), pp. 200-206. [10.3390/audiolres11020018]

Integrated Bimodal Fitting for Unilateral CI Users with Residual Contralateral Hearing

Auletta G
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Franzè A;Laria C;Piccolo C;Papa C;Riccardi P;Pisani D;Del Vecchio V;Malesci R;Marciano E
2021

Abstract

Background: The aim of this study was to compare, in users of bimodal cochlear implants, the performance obtained using their own hearing aids (adjusted with the standard NAL-NL1 fitting formula) with the performance using the Phonak Naìda Link Ultra Power hearing aid adjusted with both NAL-NL1 and a new bimodal system (Adaptive Phonak Digital Bimodal (APDB)) developed by Advanced Bionics and Phonak Corporations. Methods: Eleven bimodal users (Naìda CI Q70 + contralateral hearing aid) were enrolled in our study. The users’ own hearing aids were replaced with the Phonak Naìda Link Ultra Power and fitted following the new formula. Speech intelligibility was assessed in quiet and noisy conditions, and comparisons were made with the results obtained with the users’ previous hearing aids and with the Naída Link hearing aids fitted with the NAL-NL1 generic prescription formula. Results: Using Phonak Naìda Link Ultra Power hearing aids with the Adaptive Phonak Digital Bimodal fitting formula, performance was significantly better than that with the users’ own rehabilitation systems, especially in challenging hearing situations for all analyzed subjects. Conclusions: Speech intelligibility tests in quiet settings did not reveal a significant difference in performance between the new fitting formula and NAL-NL1 fittings (using the Naída Link hearing aids), whereas the performance difference between the two fittings was very significant in noisy test conditions.
2021
Integrated Bimodal Fitting for Unilateral CI Users with Residual Contralateral Hearing / Auletta, G; Franzè, A; Laria, C; Piccolo, C; Papa, C; Riccardi, P; Pisani, D; Sarnelli, A; Del Vecchio, V; Malesci, R; Marciano, E. - In: AUDIOLOGY RESEARCH. - ISSN 2039-4349. - 11:(2021), pp. 200-206. [10.3390/audiolres11020018]
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